A group of Russian veterans says a new film about Soviet troops in Afghanistan is "unpatriotic" and should be banned, while the director says it is an honest account of a disastrous conflict.

Russian veterans want to ban a film about Soviet troops in Afghanistan they say is unpatriotic. "Leaving Afghanistan," by the Russian director Pavel Lungin, depicts the chaotic withdrawal of ...

Laurent Danielou’s Loco Films is partnering with veteran Russian filmmaker Pavel Lungin on “Leaving Afghanistan,” a film about the Soviet-Afghan war, which will mark the biggest-budgeted ...

A row has broken out in Russia over a film about the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, after politicians and former servicemen criticised its unflattering depiction of Red Army ...

Laurent Danielou’s Loco Films is partnering with veteran Russian filmmaker Pavel Lungin on “Leaving Afghanistan,” a film about the Soviet-Afghan war, which will mark the biggest-budgeted ...

A movie about Russia's war in Afghanistan, a topic that was taboo under the Soviet system, is breaking box office records in Russia.