But that road is the road to kabul, the vehicle is a tank, the year is 1989 and this a documentary astonishingly, shot by americans, who had previously been embedded with, as one interviewee puts it, the enemy about the soviet soldiers eye view of the waning days of the war in afghanistan. Having deployed multiple times to afghanistan, from viewing the movie again had. The surviving villagers hunt the tank, determined to destroy the monster that destroyed them. On december 24, 1979, the soviet union invades afghanistan, under the pretext of upholding the sovietafghan friendship treaty of 1978 as midnight approached, the soviets organized a. The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen war is. The soviet invasion of afghanistan the heritage foundation. The film follows the crew of a soviet t55 tank who became lost during the soviet invasion of afghanistan. Its a fantastic tank movie and one of the best films out there about the soviet invasion of afghanistan. A group of vengeancebent rebels tracks a lost soviet tank through the afghanistan wilderness. The beast is a russian war movie set in afghanistan inside a tank. I saw this movie when it first came out and remember being amazed by it.
The soviet union intervened in support of the afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist muslim guerrillas during the afghan war 197892 and remained in. Sep 04, 2015 if anything, this was even more the case in soviet times when the very difficulties of getting hold of booze acted as a spur to the ingenuity for which russians are also rightly known. Soviet invasion of afghanistan all the tropes wiki fandom. The film was released in just a few theaters but has become something of a cult classic.
Soviet tank crewmen sometimes abandoned their vehicles. Set in the 80s, a soviet tank attacks a pashtunfilled town sheltering mujahideen forces. The soviet war in afghanistan lasted nine years from december 1979 to february 1989. The film stars boris andreyev and mark bernes as two war buddies. This movie, set in afghanistan, features a soviet tank commanded by a cruel russian officer that gets lost in the wilderness, with enemy troops closing in. The best soviet tank, the t34, was the most modern in the world, and the kv series the best armoured. The entry of the soviet union into the country caused an immediate increase in the presence of. Afghan soldiers ride a sovietmade t62 main battle tank during a military parade to mark the tenth anniversary of the communist revolution april 26, 1988 in kabul, afghanistan. Soviet tank graveyard in afghanistan a haunting reminder. The afghan war quickly settled down into a stalemate, with more than 100,000 soviet troops controlling the cities, larger towns, and major garrisons and the mujahideen moving with relative freedom throughout the countryside. Afganskiy izlom afghan breakdown, the first soviet movie made about the war in 1991. The beast is a movie released in 1988 about the crew of a soviet t55 tank and their attempts to escape a hostile region, set during the invasion of afghanistan in 1981.
Most popular soviet afghanistan war movies and tv shows imdb. The sovietafghanistan war or soviet invasion of afghanistan was a conflict fought in afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. A drama based on a texas congressman charlie wilsons covert dealings in afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the soviets have some unforeseen and longreaching effects. In late december 1979, the soviet union invaded afghanistan.
Jan 26, 2015 during the war in afghanistan a soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains. Sovietafghan war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1979 1989. Feb 15, 2019 the movie follows soviet troops on the eve of their exit from afghanistan. Having deployed multiple times to afghanistan, from viewing the movie again had watched the original film release, i could see at how much detail was given. To mark the victory day, dont miss these soviet films, they are. The soviet war in afghanistan in pictures, 19791989. T34, russias jingoistic new wwii movie, is a big hit with putins public. The russians deal with survival, a crazed commander, and harsh conditions. The same guys who could fix a tank engine with sticky tape or make the worlds toughest rifle were formidable and innovative in their quest for a drink. Boozing through the sovietafghan war was more horrifying.
Without proper equipment and training, the afghanistan government was unable to resist the foreign mercenaries, eventually seeking the aid of the soviet union. Part of the cold war, it was fought between soviet led afghan forces against multinational insurgent groups called the mujahideen, mostly composed of two alliances the peshawar seven and the tehran eight. Facts about the soviet afghanistan war because the soviet union failed in securing afghanistan from the rebels for such a long period of time, the war is sometimes referred to as the soviet unions vietnam war. When the soviets withdrew, they left tanks behind in afghanistan. The soviet union intervened in support of the afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist muslim guerrillas during the afghan war 197892 and remained in afghanistan until midfebruary 1989. The movie is set in the very late part of the soviet occupation, and ends with withdrawal by air. The beast 1988 iron firepower vs helpless villagers youtube. Soviet invasion of afghanistan, military action carried out in late december 1979 by soviet troops. George dzundza, jason patric, steven bauer, stephen baldwin. Soviets take over in afghanistan in an attempt to stabilize the turbulent political situation in afghanistan, the soviet union sends 75,000 troops to enforce the installation of babrak karmal as. The 9 best war movies about afghanistan military gurus. A unique look at the soviet vietnam experience sympathetically told for both sides. Together they work to kill off the beast, a seemingly invincible tank. There are a total of sovietafghan war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1979 1989 in the military factory.
The beast about a soviet tank crew that gets lost in afghanistan and 2014s. The movie features two of nikita bogoslovskys most famous. On of afghanistan introduction on december 27, 1979, under cover cf an ongoing soviet military buildup, heavilyarmed elements of. With george dzundza, jason patric, steven bauer, stephen baldwin. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, rough, exciting, tense and suspenseful films and tv shows about with danger, war, military, soldier, survival, culture clash, brutality, dialogue, betrayal and taliban plots mostly in drama, war and action genres shot in usa, france.
The soviet war in afghanistan, 1979 1989 the atlantic. Taj, a villager, saw the destruction and death of his father and brother and vowed revenge, seeking to use their antitank weapon to destroy the separated unit. In february 1989, after more than nine years of fighting, the soviet union withdrew from afghanistan. Soviet tanks afghanistan stock photos and images alamy. T34, russias jingoistic new wwii movie, is a big hit with. The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in afghanistan ordered by relevance.
Once a common fixture of the soviet invasion and, later, the civil war between the taliban and the northern alliance, tanks are now only rarely used in todays unconventional war in afghanistan. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Its a film about the soviet invasion of afghanistan made by americans in 1988. It is believed that this tank remains in kabul today. Soviet tank graveyard in afghanistan a haunting reminder video tim king, in afghanistan, for. The last soviet troops departed afghanistan on february 15, 1989. Two soldiers is a war film made in tashkent where the soviet cinema industry had been evacuated at the height of thegreat patriotic war, in 1943. Beast of war, the internet movie firearms database guns. The 9th company, a very successful if wildly inaccurate russian movie about the battle for hill 3234. If anything, this was even more the case in soviet times when the very difficulties of getting hold of booze acted as a spur to the ingenuity for which russians are also rightly known. Despite the fact that the war is almost over, the fighting is still severe. A lowflying afghan helicopter gunship in snowcapped valley along salang highway provides cover for a soviet convoy sending food and fuel to kabul, afghanistan, on january 30, 1989. A soviet tank unit led by commander daskal george dzundza destroys a village in afghanistan in 1981. During the war in afghanistan a soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of.
Then the tankers get lost on the way back to kandahar. Jun 01, 2015 this is the same tank as pictured earlier. Dispatches from afghanistan the soviets left in a hurry when they finally did, their ranks in disarray, flanked by desertion and disease, and pursued by angry afghans who know how to fight if they know anything at all. Leave while in afghanistan, the soviet army, backed by the communist afghan army, were aggressively hunting down the mujhadin and the civilian population, in the soviet union, an economic, political and economical crisis was gnawing the count. Soviet air confrontations with pakistan air force, during. The initial soviet deployment of the 40th army in afghanistan began on december 25, 1979. See more ideas about war, afghanistan war and afghanistan. The soviet war in afghanistan was a war initially fought between the forces of the afghanistan government and foreign mercenaries. Part of the cold war, it was fought between sovietled afghan forces against multinational insurgent groups called the mujahideen, mostly composed of two alliances the peshawar seven and the tehran eight. Dec 26, 2019 soviets take over in afghanistan in an attempt to stabilize the turbulent political situation in afghanistan, the soviet union sends 75,000 troops to enforce the installation of babrak karmal as. The beast of war, or widely known to american viewers under the us release title of the beast, is a 1988 war film that followed a russian tank crew during the soviet occupation of afghanistan that finds itself separated from their fellow tankers and relentlessly pursued by mujahideen fighters. George dzundza, jason patric, steven bauer, stephen baldwin, don harvey, kabir bedi. By the middle of 1980, an entire tank regiment had been recalled to the soviet union because it was deemed useless. The most advanced soviet tank models, however, the t34 and kv1, were not available in large numbers early in the war, and only accounted for 7.
See more ideas about afghanistan war, war and afghanistan. The beast is a 1988 american war film directed by kevin reynolds and written by william mastrosimone, based on his play nanawatai. Letoile du soldat the soldiers star is a joint production of france, germany and afghanistan. The movie follows soviet soldier nikolai, who is captured by the afghan mujahideen. The film has enjoyed a cultfavorite status in spite of its low box office statistics. Afghan breakdown afganskiy izlom, the first indepth movie about the war, produced jointly by italy and the soviet union, in full cooperation with the red army, in 1991.
A sovietisraeli clone tiran ti67 tank unit shells an afghan village relentlessly as the tank. The popular impression is that the soviet union, one of the most formidable military powers in the world, proved themselves unable to beat the mujahideen, a bunch of primitive tribespeoplewho turned out afterwards to be much more evil than the communists. The movie was based on research done in kabul and kandahar in 1988, by the movie director. The neardecadelong war saw the soviet military fail to put down the mujahideen insurgency leading to a global military embarrassment for the occupiers. A soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an afghan valley with a group of vengeanceseeking rebels on their tracks. An expolish, exsoviet, exafghan ft17 which was gifted back to poland by afghanistan in october 2012.
The beast also known as the beast of war is a 1988 american war film directed by kevin reynolds and written by william mastrosimone, based on his play nanawatai. Afghan armys rusty tank relics still roll into battle news. There are two versions playing on american premium subscription movie. Kevin reynoldsthe man behind the disastrous flop waterworld directed it. The plot is good, the there is a lot of symbolism in the movie a soviet lost tank represents all of russia, getting more and more lost in the deserts of afghanistan. Sep 01, 2010 michele placido, an italian television star, played the main protagonist, major bandura, a commander of a unit of soviet paratroopers. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. The communist regime took power in a revolt known as the saur revolution backed by the soviet union. Around 1981, a russian tank is lost in the desert during the afghan war. See more ideas about afghanistan, afghanistan war and war. The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen medium. The afghan war quickly settled down into a stalemate, with more than 100,000 soviet troops controlling the cities, larger towns, and major garrisons and the mujahideen moving with. Afghan breakdown afganskiy izlom, the first in depth movie about the war, produced jointly by italy and the soviet union, in full cooperation with the red army, in 1991. Taj steven bauer, a member of the village, vows revenge and pursues him, along with the.