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Adventure, Drama, War. Based on the play Nənawā́te. 1988 United States Rambo III: Peter MacDonald: Action, Adventure, Thriller. 1989 Soviet Union Cargo 300: Груз 300: Georgiy Kuznetsov: Drama, War. 1989 Italy United States Afganistan - The Last War Bus: L'ultimo bus di guerra: Pierluigi Ciriaci: Action, War. 1989 Soviet Union Scorched by ...
The 9th Company (Russian: 9 рота, romanized: 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War.The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Hill 3234 in early 1988, during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan.
Documentary films about the Soviet–Afghan War (2 P) Pages in category "Soviet–Afghan War films" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989).
Soviet–Afghan War films (1 C, 15 P) W. ... Pages in category "Films set in Afghanistan" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.
Rambo III is a 1988 American action film directed by Peter MacDonald and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, who also reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. A sequel to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), it is the third installment in the Rambo franchise. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet–Afghan War.
The events unfold just before the start of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988. Lieutenant Steklov, son of a high-ranking General, is assigned to Afghanistan, hoping to take part in combat and earn some medals before the war ends. Sgt. Arsionov (Aleksei Serebryakov) combines his combat experience and bravery with brutal hazing of young conscripts back on the field base.
The Soviet–Afghan War had an important impact in popular culture in the West, due to its scope, and the great number of countries involved. The Russian-Ukrainian film The 9th Company, [1] for example, became a blockbuster in the former USSR earning millions of dollars and also representing a new trend in Russia in which some domestic films are "drawing Russian audiences away from Hollywood ...