9th Company

9th Company ASIN B003OXSRWI Medium Count 1 Medium Blu-ray Release Date 8/30/2010 Group DVD Link [+] Aspect Ratio 2.35:1 DVD Region 1 Running Time 204 minutes Studio Well Go USA Audience Rating R Cast Chadov, Alexei / Smolyaninov, Artur / Kryukov, Konstantin Director Bondarchuk, Fyodor Format AC-3 / Anamorphic / Collector's Edition / Dolby / Dubbed / Full Screen / NTSC / Subtitled / Surround Sound / THX / Widescreen Language Russian Original Title 9 rota Features Collector's Edition Date Imported 6/8/2012 List Price $5.99 Genre War Copy Count 1 Tag Russia IMDb Rating 0 Review

9th COMPANY, Russia s domestic top-grosser of 2005, has been touted as the first major film to attempt to do for their Afghan war what Platoon and other pics did for Vietnam. --Variety

Product Description

Based on real-life events, 9th COMPANY recounts a year in the shared lives of a group of young soldiers drafted to serve in Afghanistan during the final year of the Soviet conflict. It is a poignant story of the unit s dedication to each other during their valiant defense of Height 3234...a futile battle that ravaged their forgotten company, who fought on, unaware that the war had ended.

Reminiscent of Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and The Big Red One, 9th COMPANY is credited as being the first real post-Soviet era war film.

The highest grossing film in Russia in 2005 at $27 million, 9th COMPANY also won a NIKA Award for Best Film and marks the feature directorial debut of Fyodor Bondarchuk, son of renowned director Sergei Bondarchuk War and Peace, 1968.

Bonus Features Include
Making of the Movie
20 Years Later
Premiere
Theatrical Trailer
UK Trailer
US Trailer
TV Commercials