A unique look at the soviet vietnam experience sympathetically told for both sides. Aug, 2015 recommend an afghanistan war movie topic. Russian t55 tank vs mujahedeen in afghanistan movie youtube. T34, russias jingoistic new wwii movie, is a big hit with. Afghanistan descended into political chaos and an estimated 25,000 people died during this period. The soviet war in afghanistan was a war initially fought between the forces of the afghanistan government and afghan assistance fighters, supporter from abroad. Soviet soldiers direct tank traffic outside kabul on january 7, 1980. The eyewitness account of operation redwing and the lost heroes of seal team 10 by. A powerful, emotionallycharged war story pits russian soldiers against afghan rebels with spectacular action sequences. Russian pilot found three decades after going missing in. 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. White tiger is like the horse whisperer, but with tanks. A soviet soldier who disappeared more than 30 years ago on the battlefield in afghanistan has been found alive and well and living under the name.
Soviet soldier presumed dead found living in afghanistan. Soviet war in afghanistan simple english wikipedia, the. The 10 bloodiest, most violent war movies ever filmed. Nov 21, 2014 the beast is the best tank movie youve never seen. Trailers for 3 new russian ww2 tank movies manlymovie.
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. T34, russias jingoistic new wwii movie, is a big hit. Beast of war, the internet movie firearms database guns. At the time no one knew how they would perform in these barren wastelands with searing heat, freezing nights and sandstorms. The simplytitled t34 is yet another tank movie coming out of. The ussr entered neighboring afghanistan in 1979, attempting to shore up. A russian t62 commando tank destroyed in the panjshir river valley in. Jun 03, 2018 a russian pilot believed to have been shot down and killed 30 years ago during the soviet invasion of afghanistan has been found alive. Feb 15, 2019 in the beast we follow a single soviet tank, which is lost behind enemy lines and tries to find a way to get back to its own troops a classic american propaganda movie, the beast shows soviet. Its a fantastic tank movie and one of the best films out there about the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The action is very real as the tank crew the beast try to join their own forces after getting lost during operations.
The russians deal with survival, a crazed commander, and harsh conditions. May 11, 2017 9 dog movies honoring military canines memorial day is a time to honor and remember those who have died serving our country, including the fourlegged ones. May 10, 2015 25 great soviet and russian films about world war ii posted on may 10, 2015 may 10, 2015 by leo poroshin may 9th, 2015 marks the 70year anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe. The film follows the crew of a soviet t55 tank who became lost during the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviet war in afghanistan, 1979 1989 the atlantic. This film is about a soviet tank crew in afghanistan during the 1980s invasion. 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. This is an excellent movie depicting the russian occupation of afghanistan and the difficulties and hostilities from the people towards the russian army.
The new world war ii tank thriller from russian writerdirector aleksey sidorov, t 34, is frenetic, loud and silly. Aug, 2018 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. Steel the russian film industry continues to move forward towards a slick, nearhollywood tier level, with its ww2 movies at least. 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 film was released in just a few theaters but has become something of a cult classic. The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen afghan. The neardecadelong war saw the soviet military fail to put down the mujahideen insurgency leading to a global military embarrassment for the occupiers. There are a total of sovietafghan war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1979 1989 in the military factory.
The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen war is. 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. Anybody ever see kevin reynolds the beast with jason patric, george dzundza, stephen baldwin and steven bauer. No wonder that russian soldiers can be amongst the hardestcore boozers around.
Home coming soon trailers for 3 new russian ww2 tank movies. The convoy was attacked by mujahideen guerrillas with rockets further up the highway, with afghan government troops returning fire with artillery. A russian t62 commando tank destroyed in the panjshir river valley in parwan valley about 180 km north of kabul, on february 25, 1981. 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.
Other titles that could apply to it the tank whisperer. Russians beast afghans movie the beast lost tank youtube. Southern and eastern afghanistan were under the control of local commanders and in 1994, the taliban, a sunni islamic fundamentalist political movement, took control of southern afghanistan and forced the surrender of dozens of local leaders. The soviet war in afghanistan in pictures, 19791989. Around 1981, a russian tank is lost in the desert during the afghan war 19791989. Boozing through the sovietafghan war was more horrifying. What makes it great is its achievement in the portrayal of the complicated nature of war. The beginning of the movie shows a soviet tank element attacking an afghan village. A russian pilot who was missing presumed dead after his plane was shot down three decades ago during the soviet intervention in afghanistan has been found alive and. As cultures clash outside, tempers flare inside when the tanks conscientious driver disagrees with the cruel orders of his commander. Letoile du soldat the soldiers star is a joint production of france, germany and afghanistan. But my main issue with the film was the russians american accents. Soviet invasion of afghanistan, military action carried out in late december 1979 by soviet troops.
Lets put it this way, the first 15 minutes of this film make the opening of saving private ryan look like a casual stroll through the park. The soldiers star was inspired by the real story of nikolay bystrov. The movie follows soviet soldier nikolai, who is captured by the afghan mujahideen. George dzundza, jason patric, steven bauer, stephen baldwin. The 9 best war movies about afghanistan military gurus. Soviet tank crew gets lost in afghanistan during the soviet war in 1981, and is pursued by mujis. 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. 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. In february 1989, after more than nine years of fighting, the soviet union withdrew from afghanistan.
Aug 04, 2014 the soviet war in afghanistan, 1979 1989. In 1979, the soviets invaded and occupied afghanistan, a small country in central asia. T34, russias jingoistic new wwii movie, is a big hit with putins. Then the tankers get lost on the way back to kandahar. Mujahideen fighters in afghanistan during the soviet occupation of the early 1980s. At least, thats what the box office numbers are telling us. Russian pilot found after three decades missing in afghanistan. During the soviet invasion of afghanistan, a russian tank gets lost among afghan rebels in the desert and ends up locked in a supersized catandmouse game.
The movie would have been a 10, except that the russians talk perfect american english with no russian accents dumb decision. The soviet war in afghanistan lasted nine years from december 1979 to february 1989. Russia remembers deadly war in afghanistan duration. Russian t55 tank vs mujahedeen in afghanistan movie. The soviet union entered neighboring afghanistan in 1979, attempting to shore up the newlyestablished prosoviet regime in kabul. This is the unique story of gennadynikmamat, a former soviet soldier who was captured by the mujahideen during the soviet war in afghanistan. Without proper equipment and training, the afghanistan government was unable to resist the opposition,called the mujahedeen, eventually seeking the aid of the soviet union.
We follow koverchenko, a soviet tank driver lost in the middle of afghanistan during the russian invasion during. This russian movie about the second world war remains not only one of the best war movies of all time, but one of the most violent. When the soviets withdrew, they left tanks behind in afghanistan. The battle for hill 3234 was a successful defensive battle fought by the 345th independent guards airborne regiment, soviet airborne troops, in afghanistan against a force of 200 to 250 mujahideen rebels in january 1988. The russian interest in the region continued on through. 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. In the beast we follow a single soviet tank, which is lost behind enemy lines and tries to find a way to get back to its own troops. The pilot was shot down in 1987 and is likely now to be in. Although this movie is about russian soldiers fighting in afghanistan in 1988, i experienced much of the same as an american soldier fighting in. In 1944, a courageous group of russian soldiers managed to escape from german captivity in a halfdestroyed legendary t34 tank. In captivity he stops viewing the mujahideen as the enemy. 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. Best and worst iraq and afghanistan war movies metacritic. During the soviet invasion of afghanistan, a russian tank gets lost among afghan rebels in the desert and ends up locked in.
Beast of war, the internet movie firearms database. In kevin reynolds the beast, george dzundza plays a cruel russian tank commander who gets lost in the wilderness during the war in afghanistan. The film was shot in israel, using the middle eastern landscape, and more importantly, israeli armorers. The beast is a russian war movie set in afghanistan inside a tank. Thus he had no choice but to stay in afghanistan and adopt a muslim way of life. Soviet tank crewmen sometimes abandoned their vehicles. Trivia quiz the beast soviet tank lost in afghanistan category. The beast is a 1988 american war film directed by kevin reynolds and written by william mastrosimone, based on his play nanawatai. He was presumed a turncoat, which carried a criminal penalty if he ever returned to his homeland. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles. 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. The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen war.
Soviet t62m main battle tank withdraws from afghanistan. Afghanistans tank battalion is melting away news stripes. The surviving villagers hunt the tank, determined to destroy the monster that destroyed them. The image of the lost tank may well be a symbolic representation of the wider war the soviet union being hopelessly lost in afghanistan. A kulebic soldier stands during an attack on a village december, 1992 in tajikistan.
By the middle of 1980, an entire tank regiment had been recalled to the soviet union because it was deemed useless. The fact that troops are still fighting in afghanistan today wasnt lost on riggle. The sovietafghan war was a conflict wherein insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the soviet army and the democratic republic of afghanistan government for over nine years, throughout the 1980s, mostly in the afghan countryside. I found the movie exciting, realistic and very impressive acting by the. The afghanistan war started in the early 2000s and while many people wouldnt want to hear the news about the suffering and bloodshed, a peek into the frontlines wouldnt be that bad. After the fall of tajikistans shortlived islamic regime in 1992, forces from the kulyeb region linked to the former soviet administration waged war against remaining pockets of islamic resistance and raided villages suspected of collaboration, acts which provoked thousands of refugees to flee across the. Afghan armys rusty tank relics still roll into battle. Sovietafghan war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1979 1989. Dzundza plays a cruel russian tank commander who gets lost in the wilderness. While there are a variety of memorial day traditions to choose fromfrom parades to barbeques or even taking a tripits also a great time to learn a little history by curling up with. The talibans territorial control is at its greatest extent since it lost power in 2001.
This revived tensions between the united states and the soviet union and helped usher in what many dubbed the second cold war. A former soviet army soldier who went missing in action in 1980 during the soviet invasion of afghanistan has been found alive almost 33 years after he was rescued by afghan tribesmen. During the russian invasion of afghanistan, a group of rebels tracks a lost soviet tank through the afghan wilderness. I saw a film about a russian tank crew in afghanistan, its. At one point a group of afghan women jump on the tank. The beast of war also known as the beast is a 1988 american war movie based on the play nanawatai by william mastrosimone during the soviet invasion of afghanistan, a t55 tank becomes separated from the main body of the army after obliterating an afghan village. Tanks in afghanistan army tanks, tank history, tank. Two of the soldiers killed, vyacheslav alexandrovich alexandrov and andrey alexandrovich melnikov, were posthumously awarded the gold star of the hero of the soviet union. The entry of the soviet union into the country caused an. Soviet soldier missing since 1980 found in afghanistan cnn. The beast soviet tank lost in afghanistan trivia quiz. The beast is a criminally underappreciated gem from director kevin reynolds, containing a resurgent immediacy in light of the recent wars going on in the middle east the beast is a russian tank involved in a war between russia and afghanistan, and when we first are introduced to it it is destroying an afghan village and killing many of its inhabitants. Tank battles in the desert may seem pretty normal today after two wars in iraq and fighting in afghanistan, but it was in world war ii that the first tank battles in the desert took place.
Its a film about the soviet invasion of afghanistan made by americans in 1988. Marines plugged their ears as the muzzle blast from an afghan t55 tank firing toward enemy positions ripped through a gap in hesco barriers at an embattled base in. Tanks in snow, desert and jungle in wwii army tanks, tank. The beast trailer 1988 video detective movie trailers. Aug 27, 2016 white tiger is an artsy, oscarnominated film about a man who can talk with tanks.