Documentary about the Afghantsi who are the military veterans of "Russia's Vietnam", the Afghan war. The film follows the Red Army from the start of the withdrawal in May 1988. It goes in the barracks of the crack paratroop regiment; the ...See moreDocumentary about the Afghantsi who are the military veterans of "Russia's Vietnam", the Afghan war. The film follows the Red Army from the start of the withdrawal in May 1988. It goes in the barracks of the crack paratroop regiment; the wards of Kabul's military hospital; on a helicopter gunship to a mountain outpost where Soviet conscripts serve unrelieved for 18 months. Written by
BFI
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