Kandahar (2010)
A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.
Top billed cast
Bohdan BeniukБортинженер
Aleksandr Baluev
Vladimir MashkovВторой пилот
Andrei PaninШтурман
Maksim Klyanov
Aleksandr Golubev
Aleksandr Robak
Imomberdy Mingbaev
Ramil Sabitov
Yuri Belyayev
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