---
title: 'Afghan Breakdown (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vladimir Bortko'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/afghan-breakdown-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098990/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Afghan Breakdown (1991)

1991 · 140 min · War · Soviet Union, Italy

Original title: Афганский излом

## Synopsis

Afghan Breakdown is a 1991 war drama film about the Soviet–Afghan War directed by Vladimir Bortko and co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union (Lenfilm). Michele Placido plays the protagonist, Major Bandura, a commander of a unit of Soviet paratroopers, co-starring with several popular Soviet actors. Director Vladimir Bortko invited Mikhail Leshchinskiy as a co-writer and visited Kabul and Kandahar in 1988 to research on the ground.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vladimir Bortko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-bortko)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladimir Dashkevich](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-dashkevich)

## Cast

- [Andrey Krasko](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-krasko)
- [Filipp Yankovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/filipp-yankovsky)
- [Nina Ruslanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-ruslanova)
- [Yury Kuznetsov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-kuznetsov)
- [Vadim Yakovlev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-yakovlev)
- [Vladimir Yeryomin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-yeryomin)
- [Tatyana Dogileva](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatyana-dogileva)
- [Ivan I. Krasko](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-i-krasko)
- [Viktor Proskurin](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-proskurin)
- [Anastasiya Melnikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/anastasiya-melnikova)
- [Aleksei Serebryakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-serebryakov)
- [Michele Placido](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-placido)
- [Viktor Bychkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-bychkov)

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