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Kandagar
Sign in to saveKandagar (; also known as Kandahar) is a 2010 Russian historical action film detailing the escape of a Russian crew from the captivity of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in 1996. The film stars some of Russia's most famous actors, Vladimir Mashkov, Andrei Panin and Alexander Baluyev. The movie is based on the Russian pilot Vladimir Sharpatov's diary. The film was released in Russia on April 4, 2010. The Andrey Kavun film is the first to depict Russians in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal from the country.
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6.3A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.
Cast
- Bohdan Beniuk as Бортинженер
- Aleksandr Baluev
- Vladimir Mashkov as Второй пилот
- Andrei Panin as Штурман
- Maksim Klyanov
- Aleksandr Golubev
Themes
- escape
- afghanistan
- taliban
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Kandagar
- Film.image
- Kandagar.jpg
- Film.caption
- Film poster
- Film.director
- Andrey Kavun
- Film.screenplay
- Andrey Kavun
- Film.music
- Richard HorowitzDarin Sysoev
- Film.editing
- Gabriella Cristiani
- Film.runtime
- 103 minutes
- Film.country
- Russia
- Film.language
- RussianDari
- Film.budget
- $7 million
- Film.gross
- $15 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 237125
- Official website
- www.kandagarfilm.ru
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- publication date
- 2010-02-04
- title
- Кандагар
- capital cost
- 7000000
- box office
- 14863543
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Kandagar (; also known as Kandahar) is a 2010 Russian historical action film detailing the escape of a Russian crew from the captivity of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in 1996. The film stars some of Russia's most famous actors, Vladimir Mashkov, Andrei Panin and Alexander Baluyev. The movie is based on the Russian pilot Vladimir Sharpatov's diary. The film was released in Russia on April 4, 2010. The Andrey Kavun film is the first to depict Russians in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal from the country.
==Background== On August 3, 1995 a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 from the Taliban's air force forced down a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 plane with seven Russian nationals on board. The aircraft was forced to land at a Taliban controlled airfield near Kandahar. The men were held prisoners for more than one year by the Taliban which controlled about half of Afghanistan at the time during the Afghan Civil War. The movie follows their captivity, day-to-day survival, and escape from Taliban.