Soviet soldier turned prisoner turned legend — this isn't your typical war story.
“The Afghan” - the first film of the dilogy - tells about the difficult fate of the “Afghan” warrior Ivan Koval, who fell into the souls and experienced all the horrors of captivity ... They captured him during transportation from the guardhouse to the base, and he was shone for 15 years in prison for the murder of a confessor, from whose house their armored personnel carrier was fired. He tried to escape, he was caught ...
Acting
Viktor Saraikin carries crushing weight in every sunken stare.
Production
Chaotic authenticity of early 90s Ukrainian filmmaking.
Writing
Moral ambiguity that refuses easy heroism.
Director
Volodymyr Mazur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Ukraine's independence infancy, it captures a nation processing Soviet imperial collapse through one soldier's shattered life.
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