The student, Rifle, has managed to seduce his professor's wife, Bomber, an average working guy, has bought a factory and Bullet, the casino lover, is hiding from creditors. They all share a common path and conscription. In the army they teach you that everything must be smart and in order - cockades, straps and all, otherwise you're not fit to call yourself a person, you're a maggot. For a real man, there's no better place than the army.
Acting
Trio chemistry sells the delusion that army bonds last forever.
Writing
Dialogue weaponizes military jargon against civilian reality.
Director
Roman Kachanov
Pyotr Korshunkov
Гена Бобков («Пуля»)
Mikhail Petrovsky
Владик («Штык»)
Stanislav Duzhnikov
Толя Пистемеев («Бомба»)
Viktor Pavlov
генерал Талалаев («Батя»)
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Семёныч, контр-адмирал
Juozas Budraitis
генерал-лейтенант авиации
Sergei Artsybashev
прапорщик Козаков
Vladimir Shainskiy
генерал-ветеран
Ivan Okhlobystin
особист
Roman Kachanov
Гера Либерман, каптёр
Vladimir Maysuradze
Улукбек Алиев
Mikhail Vladimirov
Staff Sergeant Lavrov
Sergey Gabrielyan
Александр Галагура, ефрейтор
Aleksey Salpanov
младший сержант Лавров
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when Russian cinema was processing the absurdity of post-Soviet capitalism through military satire.
Director Roman Kachanov previously animated Cheburashka — this is his live-action pivot to adult chaos.
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