AK-47 (2020 film)

AK-47 (Russian: Калашников, romanized: Kalashnikov) is a 2020 Russian biographical film about the fate project of the legendary inventor and high-quality assault rifles of the AK-47 experiences of Mikhail Kalashnikov.

AK-47
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKonstantin Buslov
Produced by
Written by
Starring
  • Yuri Borisov
  • Olga Lerman
  • Artur Smolyaninov
  • Eldar Kalimulin
  • Vitaliy Khaev
  • Valeriy Barinov
  • Anatoliy Lobotskiy
Music bySergei Stern
CinematographyLevan Kapanadze
Edited byMargarita Smirnova
Production
company
R.B. Productions
Etalon-Film
Distributed byMegogo Distribution
Release date
  • February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21) (Russia)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget₽200 million
Box office₽117 million[1]
$1,625,986[2]

Difficult tests fell on the designer self-taught before he realized his dream. Kalashnikov was a tank commander in 1941, was severely wounded near Bryansk Front, and after that he could not return to the World War II. While I was in the hospital, I dreamed, made the first blueprints of weapons in a notebook and did not stop reproaching myself for staying behind. He worked at the plant, carried out the first tests in Kazakh SSR and participated in All-Union weapon contests along with other designers. He created a weapon that brought him world fame is the AK-47.

The designer's daughter, Elena, and a consultant to the Kalashnikov Concern arms took part in the film. The director and producer of the picture is Konstantin Buslov, the film stars Yuri Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov, and Eldar Kalimulin.[3][4][5]

The premiere took place in Russia on February 20, 2020 by Megogo Distribution.[6][7]

Plot

At the beginning of the Second World War of 1941, a tankman, senior sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, performed a combat mission at the cost of a serious wound. After the hospital, in a series of life searches, he begins inventive activity, seeks participation in all-Union arms competitions, where he competes on equal terms with leading inventors, and builds relations with his future wife Ekaterina. As a result, the developed AK-47 is adopted, and the inventor is awarded a prize.[8]

Cast
  • Yuri Borisov as Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • Olga Lerman as Ekaterina 'Katya'
  • Artur Smolyaninov as engineer Captain Lyuti
  • Eldar Kalimulin as Zaytsev
  • Vitaliy Khaev as major general Kurbatkin
  • Valeriy Barinov as major general Degtyarev
  • Anatoliy Lobotskiy as colonel Glukhov
  • Aleksey Vertkov as state security captain Lobov
  • Dmitriy Bogdan as engineer major Sudaev
  • Maksim Bityukov as Kazakov
  • Armen Arushanyan as Saakyants
  • Valeriy Afanasev as chief artillery marshal Voronov
  • Sergey Gazarov as head of depot Krotov
  • Seydulla Moldakhanov as lieutenant colonel Basarov
  • Dmitriy Kulichkov as major Lebedev
  • Igor Khripunov as deputy Degtyarev
  • Yuriy Loparyov as Kuzmich
  • Aleksandr Nikolsky as uncle Misha
  • Mikhail Gudoshnikov as Kravchenko
  • Yevgeniy Antropov as lieutenant in Alma-Ata
  • Amadu Mamadakov as guard in Alma-Ata
  • Yevgeniy Kartashov as officer in Golutvin[9]

Production

The lead actor Yuri Borisov emphasizes that he actively studied the life path of his character, engaged in the search and collection of alternative sources, wishing to realize the complexity of the character of the gunsmith with his complexes and reflections.[10] According to Borisov, he personally saw Kalashnikov, and when he passed by, “something directly flew out of him and flew to me! And then I walked around the site with it”.[11]

Filming

Work on the film began in August 2018, filming was carried out, including in the Apraksins' Estate, Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast, in the Republic of Crimea, in the town of Torzhok, Torzhoksky District, Tver Oblast and Shushary near Saint Petersburg, scenes with locomotives were filmed. In addition, locomotives were involved in large numbers in the Locomotive Depot of the Podmoskovnaya station when filming scenes at Matai Station (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy), where Kalashnikov began working on his first submachine gun.

Costumes and props were provided by the Mosfilm Studios, she also patronized the dubbing and recording of sound. The scene of the tank battle was filmed at the Voyenfilm cinema complex near Medyn, Medynsky District, Kaluga Oblast, using the scenery of the painting "Ilinsky frontier".

All models of weapons developed by Kalashnikov were specially restored according to drawings received from the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in St. Petersburg.

Release

On February 15, 2020, a special screening of the film took place in the city of Izhevsk.[12] The film was theatrically released in the Russian Federation on February 20, 2020 by Megogo Distribution.

Marketing

The first trailer of the film was released on September 25, 2019,[13] the second on December 30.[14]

References
  1. Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund
  2. "Kalashnikov (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. "Берлинский кинофестиваль прошел под флагом российского и белорусского кино". Union State. Russia-Belarus Union // rg.ru. March 4, 2020.
  4. Shevelev, Aleksey (March 2, 2020). "Культурная неделя: выбор "Известий"" [Cultural week: choice of «Izvestia»] (in Russian). Izvestia. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  5. Polezhaev, Mikhail (February 28, 2020). "День защитника Отечества прошел под знаком второго "Льда"" [Defender of the Fatherland Day was marked by the second Ice 2] (in Russian). Kinobusiness.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  6. "Фильм о Михаиле Калашникове выйдет в прокат 20 февраля" [The film about Mikhail Kalashnikov will be released on February 20] (in Russian). TASS. December 30, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. Korsakov, Denis (20 February 2020). "Ваше слово, товарищ Калашников" [Your word, comrade Kalashnikov] (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  8. "Калашников / AK-47 (2020)". Kinoafisha.info.
  9. "AK-47 (2020) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.
  10. Gerasimov, Nikolay (December 28, 2019). "Премьера трейлера фильма "Калашников": Как создавался автомат №1" [The premiere of the trailer of the film Kalashnikov / AK-47: How to create a machine number 1] (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  11. Balueva, Anna (February 20, 2020). "Фильм "Калашников": реальный лучше мифического" [The film Kalashnikov / AK-47: the real is better than the mythical] (in Russian). Sobesednik.ru. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  12. Povetkin, Georgiy (February 15, 2020). "В Ижевске прошла премьера фильма, посвященного Михаилу Калашникову" [In Izhevsk, the premiere of the film dedicated to Mikhail Kalashnikov] (in Russian). TASS. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  13. Uskov, Oleg (September 25, 2019). "Вышел трейлер фильма про Михаила Калашникова" [A trailer for a film about Mikhail Kalashnikov came out]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  14. Uskov, Oleg (December 30, 2019). "Вышел трейлер фильма про Михаила Калашникова" [A trailer for a film about Mikhail Kalashnikov has been released]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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