The 9th Company (Russian: 9 рота, romanized: 9 rota) is a 2005
Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and set during the
Sovietâ€"Afghan War. The film is loosely based on a real-life battle
that took place at Elevation 3234 in early 1988, during the last
large-scale Soviet military operation (Magistral) in Afghanistan. It
received generally positive reviews from critics.At a farewell
ceremony in Krasnoyarsk, a band of young Soviet Army recruits is
preparing to leave for military duty. Lyutyi (Artur Smolyaninov) one
of the conscripts forms a group along with Chugun (Ivan Kokorin),
Gioconda (Konstantin Kryukov), Ryaba (Mikhail Evlanov), Stas (Artyom
Mikhalkov), Seryi (Ivan Nikolaev), and Vorobey (Aleksey Chadov). They
have different talents and personalities that made it hard for them to
form a bond with each other at first.On arrival at their bootcamp in
the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan, they meet another recruit, Pinochet
(Soslan Fidarov), a Chechen recruit from Grozny, and their drill
instructor, Senior Praporschik Dygalo, a seasoned, traumatized veteran
of several tours in Afghanistan and a brutal trainer who treats the
recruits harshly. During their training, the recruits overcome their
differences and build bonds. Between the training sessions, they
receive lessons in operating plastic explosives (which prompts some
comic relief) and how to communicate with the locals in Afghanistan
(underlining the vast cultural differences between Soviet and Afghan
culture). During an orientation, a Soviet General asks if anyone in
the VDV has changed their minds as they are about to be reassigned to
another unit. Vorobey and Seryi initially intend to quit but halt
their decision and remain.Later, Dygalo wakes up the recruits and
beats everyone in a frantic manner. Although many claim that he is
suffering from mental breakdown, they later learn that he wanted to go
with them to Afghanistan but his request got rejected. The recruits
then leave for Afghanistan via plane.
Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk and set during the
Sovietâ€"Afghan War. The film is loosely based on a real-life battle
that took place at Elevation 3234 in early 1988, during the last
large-scale Soviet military operation (Magistral) in Afghanistan. It
received generally positive reviews from critics.At a farewell
ceremony in Krasnoyarsk, a band of young Soviet Army recruits is
preparing to leave for military duty. Lyutyi (Artur Smolyaninov) one
of the conscripts forms a group along with Chugun (Ivan Kokorin),
Gioconda (Konstantin Kryukov), Ryaba (Mikhail Evlanov), Stas (Artyom
Mikhalkov), Seryi (Ivan Nikolaev), and Vorobey (Aleksey Chadov). They
have different talents and personalities that made it hard for them to
form a bond with each other at first.On arrival at their bootcamp in
the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan, they meet another recruit, Pinochet
(Soslan Fidarov), a Chechen recruit from Grozny, and their drill
instructor, Senior Praporschik Dygalo, a seasoned, traumatized veteran
of several tours in Afghanistan and a brutal trainer who treats the
recruits harshly. During their training, the recruits overcome their
differences and build bonds. Between the training sessions, they
receive lessons in operating plastic explosives (which prompts some
comic relief) and how to communicate with the locals in Afghanistan
(underlining the vast cultural differences between Soviet and Afghan
culture). During an orientation, a Soviet General asks if anyone in
the VDV has changed their minds as they are about to be reassigned to
another unit. Vorobey and Seryi initially intend to quit but halt
their decision and remain.Later, Dygalo wakes up the recruits and
beats everyone in a frantic manner. Although many claim that he is
suffering from mental breakdown, they later learn that he wanted to go
with them to Afghanistan but his request got rejected. The recruits
then leave for Afghanistan via plane.
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