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Afghan Breakdown is a 1991 war drama film about the Soviet–Afghan War directed by Vladimir Bortko and co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union (Lenfilm). Michele Placido plays the protagonist, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers, co-starring with several popular Soviet actors.
Original Release
01/01/1991
US Release
10/10/1991
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Michele Placido | Major Bandura / Major Mikhail Bandura |
| Tatyana Dogileva | Katya |
| Mikhail Zhigalov | |
| Filipp Yankovskiy | Nikita Steklov |
| Aleksey Serebryakov | Arsenyov / Sergeant Arsyonov - Russian Rambo |
| Nina Ruslanova | Tanya / Tatyana |
| Nikolai Ustinov | Vasya Onisimov |
| Rinat Ibragimov | Denis Popov |
| Khoshim Rakhimov | Gulakhan |
| Kiem Yakub | Gulakhans Sohn / Gulakhan's Son |
Directors
Writers
Leonid Bogachuk, Aleksandr Chervinsky, Mikhail Leshchinsky, Ada Petrova
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Michele Placido | Major Bandura / Major Mikhail Bandura |
| Tatyana Dogileva | Katya |
| Mikhail Zhigalov | |
| Filipp Yankovskiy | Nikita Steklov |
| Aleksey Serebryakov | Arsenyov / Sergeant Arsyonov - Russian Rambo |
| Nina Ruslanova | Tanya / Tatyana |
| Nikolai Ustinov | Vasya Onisimov |
| Rinat Ibragimov | Denis Popov |
| Khoshim Rakhimov | Gulakhan |
| Kiem Yakub | Gulakhans Sohn / Gulakhan's Son |
| Artur Uvarov | Ivanov |
| Yuriy Kuznetsov | Shchup |
| Viktor Proskurin | Simakov |
| Sergei Isavnin | Sedykh |
| Muso Isoyev | Adil |
| Bakhadur Miralibekov | |
| Vladimir Eryomin | Medical Captain |
| Leonid Kulagin | General / General Steklov |
| Wali Latifi | Dzheluddin / Jeluddin |
| Alessandro Stefanelli | Seva |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Aleksandr Golutva | Producer |
