Wounded as tank driver in 1941 during WWII, Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts looking for improvements and in 1947 ends up with AK 47 assault rifle.
Director: Konstantin Buslov
Writer: Sergei Gorbunov
Stars: Yuriy Borisov, Olga Lerman and Artur Smolyaninov
Full Cast: Sergey Gazarov, Vitaliy Khaev, Anatoliy Lobotskiy, Valeriy Barinov, Valeriy Afanasev, Igor Khripunov, Aleksey Vertkov, Dmitriy Bogdan, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Maksim Bityukov, Seydulla Moldakhanov, Mikhail Gudoshnikov
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Hugo Schmeiser, an engineer, is actually designed AK47.
Fmovies: Of all the Russian war movies I have seen, which are mostly laced with propaganda and predictable plots... This movie rates extreme best !
The accuracy is impeccable, not just in delivering the historic events, but accurately portraying the devout Christian person of Kalashnikov... he only wanted to win WW2, but his weapon destroyed so many in terrorism in the years to come, of which he recognized withy great remorse in his letter just before he died aged 94.
The film work and acting is without fault. Me as a military historian could only find miniscule faults such as an ironed and creased uniform in battle, and a few geographical errors.., but that is nothing...
This is a must see for all military and weapons history buffs.
This movie deserves international recognition.
Here we witness strong patriotism for making the best gun ever. The story about this young man is amazing and the culture of Russia is definitely worth the time. Goosebumps many times during the movie. I will recommend to watch this movie.
Kalashnikov fmovies. This is another below average creation of soviet portraying fictional events and showing soviet state as something good to remember.
The truth is that after the end of WWII Soviet Union moved thousands of manufacturing and research facilities over along with staff that had little choice whether to cooperate. This brings us to the fact that Hugo Schmeiser, an engineer, is actually responsible for the design and production of AK47. However, stating the truth would make many people uncomfortable and therefore soviets created a fairytale of self-made 28 year old genius that had created a top notch extra sophisticated automatic weapon straight out of the blue. Anyway, if you're into Russian movies and drool over Soviet times I suggest you to look elsewhere. You'd be much better off watching flics by Eldar Ryazanov.
This films tells about Mikhail Kalashnikov biographs. it deserving oscar awards
Did you know that Hugo Schmeisser (the inventor of STG44 and some other wapons) worked at Izhevsk after war? He was one of the captured engineers. Reality is that Kalashnikov didn't know anything about weapon industry. And AK-47 is improved STG44. That's the reality.
Movie is trying to add more propaganda and it would be fine if they wouldn't add it as historical accurate movie. Overall movie is not that bad and you can actually enjoy it. Actors play pretty well and atmosphere is shown very realistic. On the other hand I would add some more action into the movie. Some pressure from the government. They could do way more about the story to make it more entertaining overall.