Leaving Afghanistan 2019

The war is over. Not their mission.

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Drama Action War

1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.

Release Date 2019-05-10
Runtime 1h 52m
Directors Pavel Lungin, Igor Grinyakin, Pavel Stasenko, Konstantin Stetkevich, Irina Lavrentieva, Nikita Semenov
Producers Pavel Lungin, Evgeniy Panfilov
Writers Pavel Lungin, Alexandr Lungin