9th Company (2005) on Netflix
In the late 1980s, Vorobey and his fellow conscripts leave Krasnoyarsk for airborne training in Uzbekistan under Dygalo, a veteran of the Afghanistan war. Their posting takes them to Bagram.
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Plot summary
In the late 1980s, a group of young Soviet conscripts say goodbye to their families and leave for military duty. Lyutyy, Chugun, Gioconda, Ryaba, Stas and Vorobey join the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment. At their boot camp in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan they meet Pinochet, a Chechen conscript, and Senior Warrant Officer Dygalo, their drill instructor, a traumatized veteran of the Afghanistan war. Dygalo is demanding and treats the recruits harshly, and over the training the men overcome their differences and grow close. When the training ends, Dygalo's request to deploy with them is refused. The men fly to Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
Cast
- Marat Gudievas Akhmet
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 9th Company (2005)
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- The film's climax is loosely based on the real battle at Hill 3234 in early 1988, fought during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan.
- 9th Company took $7.7 million at the Russian box office in its first five days of release alone, setting a new domestic record.
