Kalashnikov AK-47 poster
Screenplay Sergei Bodrov, Alexey Borodachev, Anatoli Usov
Director Konstantin Buslov

Kalashnikov AK-47

Original Title: Калашников

Tagline: The weapon that would change the world

Release Date: 2020-02-20

Duration: 105 minutes

Synopsis

Tank commander Kalashnikov is severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47.

Casting

  • Yuriy Borisov
    Kalashnikov
  • Eldar Kalimulin
    Zaytsev
  • Amadu Mamadakov
    Guard in Alma-Ata
  • Vitaliy Khaev
    Major General Kurbatkin
  • Aleksey Vertkov
    State security captain Lobov
  • Elena Morozova
    Katya's mother
  • Maksim Bityukov
    Kazakov
  • Olga Lerman
    Katya
  • Artur Smolyaninov
    Engineer captain Lyutyy
  • Evgeny Antropov
    Lieutenant in Alma-Ata