1988... The war in Afghanistan has continued for 9 years.
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 1988. Day 1
Don't cry, please.
-Two years. It's only two years. -Vorobyov!
Yes.
-Chugainov! -Yes.
Okay, go now.
-Is Ryabokon here? -Here he comes, they're carrying him!
Don't worry, the enemy won't get here!
Mama!
Well? It's time to say goodbye.
This is for you.
Brothers, the border is closed, and I have the key
Come on! Go! Quick!
Put your stuff on the table! Faster!
Bags here! Beer, vodka and other booze on the table!
Is she your girlfriend? Have you fucked her at least once?
What? Hasn't she given it to you?
Alright. Don't worry. Everything will be all right.
There are many nice boys back here, they'll take care of her.
-What's this? -Paint.
What are you going to paint there soldier? Tanks?
Have you brought your easel, too?
Gioconda!
Next.
You think she's gonna wait for you? She's gonna fuck the others while you write her love letters
What do you want from me? What have l done to you?
Oh, so you can talk! So maybe you wanna punch me in the face? Come on!
Come on, bitch.
Relax, son. I'm gonna make you a real soldier.
Do you know the first rule of being in the army?
A soldier should has to endure the toughness and difficulties of the army life.
Say, why are you wearing a suit? You think you're at a party?
I have no other clothes.
Let's swap. I'll give you my uniform, plus cigarettes.
You don't need it anymore, right? And l go out to discos.
Can you understand?
Yes, nice life you've got.
You bet. It's like a beautiful dream which you don't wanna wake up from.
So, deal?
-Of course. -That's my boy.
-Take the sheet away, -Sure.
-Beautiful dream, you say? -Yeah
Hold it motherfuckers!
I said hold it!
Relax, sonny.
What did you say about enduring the toughness and difficulties, huh?
Let go of me! Let go!
Remember? Can you remember?
Finish your hairdo yourself.
Guys, is this the 6th unit?
And where do you think you're going? Fucking Rambo, piss off.
-Chill out, Chugun. -What?
Nothing. What's the name?
Volodya Vorobyov.
Lutayev Oleg, just call me Lutyi
This is Ruslan, Gioconda,
Stas, Seryi.
It's good to see you.
Volodya,
Ryaba, Chugun, that's it.
Get out of here.
Sit down, Sparrow.
Continue, Ryaba.
In short, I wake up in the morning
My head's exploding
Open my eyes, Look around, Where the hell am I?
How the hell did I get here?
There's a girl sitting next to me.
Smiling,
Naked!
And her father. Stands above me Like a butcher.
He says, friend , you fucked up. The girl isn't 18 yet! So decide, Either registry office,
Or police.
And the slut covered her tits with the blanket. And looks so innocently
Like nothing happened.
And she's ugly.... Like a bulldog.
But l said no, papa
I would rather lie under tank tracks
than with her. I grabbed my shoes and started running,
Hoping I get here first before him getting to the police station.
And l got married yesterday.
The wedding and the send off all at once.
What? Congratulations.
Pretty boy.
Alright, she said, now l am yours. Come on, we can do it now.
She thinks l am a fool. l leave the house and be out for 2 years while she sprees free.
She yelled all night long. "How come l didn't touch her?"
But l said, when l get back. I will check her
And if something ain't there - l'll kill her
Left it as is.
That's him. That one.
The one with the suit!
What's wrong with you, sucker? Who are you pointing at?
Quiet, quiet! Go and rest!
I'll chop your dumb head myself now. This is the Afghan unit, dickhead.
Come on. Bitch!
Fergana, Uzbekistan, Day 3
Where are you from?
I am from Grozny.
Where?
Grozny.
From Grozny. So you'll be called Pinochet now
- What? - Pinochet.
Why Pinochet?
I don't know. Why not?
Is that our guy?
What a mug.
Where are you from, clowns?
We are from Siberia, Mr. Commander.
I am lieutenant Dygalo.
What?
Are you hard of hearing? Come on, get up!
Get up quickly.
Stand in a line quickly.
Put your hats on.
Attention!
As you can see here, That's our mountain there.
Beyond it is Afghan.
And for you not to die the first day you get there
I will train you for 3 months, twenty four hours a day!
From this minute on. Any questions?
No questions.
Turn right.
Follow me to our barracks.
Run.
When l say go, you should bend your arms.
Go.
Name?
Private Ryabokon.
-Name? -Private Chugainov
A belt is not made to hold your balls up, soldier.
-Name? -Private Bekbulatov.
-Na... -Private Stasenko
Private Petrovsky.
It's you, our painter.
It's me, Comrade lieutenant.
What are you doing here, son?
You should stay home.
To paint naked women or flowers in jardinieres.
You see, comrade lieutenant. According to Dr. Freud
Any painting is a sublimation of subconscious instincts.
Including the instinct of violence. But you can disagree with this.
Because Soviet science does not recognize the bourgeois doctrine of doctor Freud.
Very clever.
Sorry, l'll fix it comrade lieutenant, with your help
Rule number one,
Paratroopers should always be ready for a sudden attack.
Very good. Name.
Private Lutayev.
Rule number two,
More important than a lieutenant is only the first lieutenant.
Forget who you were and what you knew back home.
Remember, clowns.
You ain't good, and you ain't bad here.
Not clever nor stupid, Not even a painter. You are nothing.
You are not even humans. Here you are shit.
I'm the one who will make humans of you. Using these very hands.
Clear?
Yes, sir!
I did not hear that!
Yes, sir.
Louder.
Yes sir!
Fill them up!
Comrade lieutenant , how come the first unit runs with light equipment?
You can take your girl to the bushes with light equipment.
Here, the more gear you bring, the bigger the chance to survive.
The mission is, Fight off the armed enemy,
Take the hill, confirm your position and report the situation.
Comrade lieutenant, the second unit is ready.
The preparation for the mission is done.
Stand up.
Run, forward.
The mission failed.
You are all dead men. You, you and you.
You're coming back in black bags.
Or what's left of you in a zinc coffin.
The convoy that was going here
Will fall into an ambush
You know what one machine gun can turn you into?
Do you know?
Get up, dead men. Put on your helmets. Run!
I said, run, run.
I wish we were in Afghanistan already.
Sparrow.
Whatcha want?
Go hold my dick while I piss.
Him? Nah, He won't be able to lift it.
Look, Snow White is coming.
Come over here!
Snow White.
Snow White, come over here, sit with us.
Snow White, come here. Come over here. Don't be afraid.
Dammit, now it'll stand till next morning.
Who is she?
Were you born yesterday? She's Snow White, the doctor's daughter.
Half of Afghanistan has fucked her.
They say that you don't fuck her, but she fucks you
There's this one disease, How do you call it?
Piss off, smartass.
You gonna arrange it with her?
Why try?
She's as reliable as a Kalashnikov. Grab and go.
How are we gonna get her through two sentinels?
No, Guys. I think it's bullshit.
The previous regiment is leaving in couple of days.
And we will stay here for three months.
We'll be fine.
Listen, Lutyi. Would you sleep with a girl after 40 others were with her?
No.
Me neither. It's better to starve than to eat from garbage cans.
Oh yeah? And l ate. I ate.
Have you ever been so hungry, that you even can't sleep?
So shut your fucking mouth!
Our dinner was three spoons of carpenter's glue.
After eating that, we were went out into the town
Looking at you and your bitch eating at a restaurant.
Hoping to get your leftovers after! Understand?
And the bitches l had were all like her, I never had anything else, fuckface!
Guys, stop it.
Shut up whelp! First smell a woman, Then talk.
Don't tell me to be quiet? You leave my girls alone,
And l won't touch yours.
I bet she's better than any of your rich sluts.
One more word from you and you'll eat shit. Got it?
Who is a Soviet paratrooper?
A Soviet paratrooper
Is the glory, power and pride of our military forces.
Who is a Soviet paratrooper?
A Soviet paratrooper is the guardian of all units and people.
And who the hell are you?
We are the shame of our military and you personally, sir.
Listen.
Listen, he is an idiot.
Nah. He's cool. l just don't get one thing.
Why is the first unit always in the front?
They run with light equipment and have a whole hour to rest and smoke
While we eat shit down there,
We have done nothing wrong.
It should go in turns. Once for them, one time for us.
Yeah, it's because their lieutenant is sane.
And ours, Dygalo, is an idiot.
Taking his anger out on us, bitch
No, he was hurt badly in battle.
In the head
He lost all of his men in Afghanistan
He's the only one who survived.
He's been reassigned here
He writes letters to the minister, He wants to be sent back.
But with his head injury Who needs him there?
So he's letting it out on us.
We are in deep shit guys.
Company get up!
Put on your uniform,
You move like pregnant women! l don't get it!
What's taking so long?
You are not soldiers, but pregnant cockroaches!
What's the matter girls, is it heavy?
Is it because of your skirts?
What kind of line is this?
Dismissed!
Come on, help the weaklings!
Get up.
How are you going to fight like this?
Go back, clowns.
Pick Chugainov up.
Run.
Go!
Dismissed!
Lower, lower!
Keep your ass lower, dammit!
Stand up!
Lower, lower.
Raising your head like that is a gift for a sniper.
And then your mothers will get their obituaries!
I said faster!
Faster!
Dismissed!
Turn back.
You screwed up soldier, after you're dismissed come to my office.
Get up and run!
Hold up your weapons.
Quick.
2nd squad, come back!
Run back.
Lutaev, Ryabokon, pick up the soldier.
Remember, never leave your soldiers behind.
Forward, l said forward!
10 minutes, rest.
Take your stuff.
Shithead.
Tell me Sparrow, will I need to carry you like this every time?
I got enough shit of my own to carry.
Kill me then, come on, kill me!
Piss off.
I can't stand it anymore
Then fuck off. Step forward and tell everyone, the ceremony is tomorrow.
Yeah, l will! You all hate me anyways!
I don't give a shit, I don't care.
Olya's waiting there for you, she can't wait any more.
Tomorrow l'm gonna quit too, guys.
Got a letter from my mother.
It's been a while already,
She is sick.
If l die, then she has no one.
I didn't want to quit first, like some scum-fucker.
Is there anyone else?
I heard that the first week in aghanistan, you fight in the mountains.
And then the last two, you party at the base.
But here Dygalo will finish you even before you get to war.
He'll destroy you.
What do you say, Ryaba?
Okay Sparrow, then we've decided, yeah?
We quit together, okay?
Eyes to the cente, attention!
Comrade colonel,
The regiment is ready.
-Hello, comrades paratroopers. -Salut, comrade colonel.
At ease.
Every one of you, voluntarily,
Has made a decision to serve in Afghanistan.
Now l must ask you one question.
Is there anbody who has changed their mind?
I will not ask why.
You will be merely reassigned to another division outside Afghanistan.
Who doesn't want to go to Afghanistan?
Thank you for your service,
For the Soviet Union.
Harder.
It's no girl, it's a weapon.
Kill him.
Don't be scared, kill him, don't fear.
You only have one strike to save your ass!
Crush his ribs! Rip his guts out!
Give it to me, like this, look.
Like this!
Right, kill him.
Come, soldier, kill him!
Vorobyov.
Yes?
Come here.
Yes, Sir.
Stasenko.
Come, take off your weapon, put down your bag.
Faster.
Soldiers.
Take the stuff away.
Hit him, punch him in the face.
You are going to war, come on, son.
You can carress your girlfriend like that!
Punch his mug!
Full contact, quick! Both of you!
Sparrow, Hit first.
Yeah, that's it.
Come on Sparrow!
Don't back off, don't be scared.
One more try!
Get up.
Come on Sparrow, carry on.
Get up!
Come on, come on!
Come on, more!
Get up, warrior, punch him!
Finish him, Stas.
Get up, when he falls down, you must finish him!
Only a dead man won't shoot you in the back.
I'm sorry, Sparrow, forgive me.
Let's continue.
It looks like plasticine.
Everybody, touch it.
Touch it, feel it.
You see, it's soft.
It can take any form.
It looks like a harmless toy, that every one of you had as a child.
Every one of you molded, squirrels, rabbits.
But in a fact, in your hands,
You hold a powerful weapon.
Plastic explosive.
Stas!
It has its chemical formula,
But we do not need to know this.
Plastid is irreplaceable.
It's a necessary item in the equipement of every paratrooper.
The question is, why?
First, in this condition,
It's absolutely safe, easy to store and always available.
As they say, in the hand.
But in war,
It is very efficient,
And has enormous destructive power.
But you've got to be skilled, for using it.
Soldier...
There are two simple rules.
First,
The harder you squeeze it, the more it blows.
Number two, don't stick it everywhere!
But by itself this thing won't work.
For it to blow we need what?
A detonator.
Exactly.
We need to insert a detonator.
Your name, soldier?
Private Petrovsky.
You screwed up, soldier. l've got to report this to your commander.
Come in.
Comrade Lieutenant, Private Petrovsky.
Come in.
Well molded, quite realistic.
Can you paint?
I can paint.
A portrait, kind of big?
I can.
I'm... There's a girl writing to me.
We met before the war.
She wants my photo.
What am l gonna do? Send it with this?
Can you, like, paint it without the scar? More handsome?
Yes, I just need some time, couple of days.
I certainly won't go to see her after war.
I'll just let her write for the meantime.
Attention!
Go!
Goddamn tractorists.
Eat this!
Look.
He pissed himself.
You're laughing, but I sleep under him.
So what, birdy, do l need to sleep with an umbrella now?
I don't get it, soldier.
Did you see something?
Nothing, Sir,
And you?
I misunderstood, Sir.
Then tell me what's it all about!
I also want to laugh with you!
You can swallow your snots, You can call for your mommy,
Piss your pants, but your mission
Must be accomplished, He could've died while doing it, but he did it.
Turn around.
Basic knowledge about the communication with locals,
You can get from this.
But,
The first thing you should remember when you cross the border,
Is that you're in a muslim state.
Islam is not merely another religion,
It's another world which has its own laws.
Another approach to life and death.
A muslim is not afraid to die fighting the infidel, in other words, us.
If he gets killed in battle, he goes straight to heaven.
Where everything that he was missing in his life on earth, awaits him there.
Water,
Fruits in the garden, beautiful women.
How Muslims treat women is another topic.
The most important holy thing for muslim is his house, Haram.
From which the word Harem is derived.
The second meaning of it - "forbidden", "prohibited"
Looking at the Muslim women is Haram,
Everything regarding sexual intercourse is Haram.
Haram is to show a muslim indecent gestures.
Those that you all are so used to.
For this you can get a bullet, even from a common peasant.
Another important thing, a Muslim will never profane his house with blood.
That means when you enter their village, you are their guests.
To kill a guest even an infidel - Haram.
So, you must remember this.
As long as you're in their village, you are safe.
But after you crossed the border of the village,
The same man, who's been served you tea 5 minutes ago,
May shoot you in the back.
Because it is a glory to kill an infidel.
It is a staircase to heaven.
I'm saying this to help you, soldier.
After all, Afghanistan is a multinational country.
Over 20 nations live there.
Tajiks, Turkmen, Uzbeks.
Pushtuns live along the Pakistani border.
In the north, live Khazars and Mongoloids.
The word khazar means thousand in Turkic languages.
Am I boring you, soldier?
Comrade captain, Does it really matter who I shoot?
During the whole of history,
No one has ever successfully conquered Afghanistan.
No one, ever.
Squad, stand up.
What are we doing in Afghanistan?
Fulfilling our international incumbency, and help our Afghan brothers
to resist the aggression of imperialism.
Fire!
Private Ryabokon, done!
Private Chugainov, done!
Right and down,
You pull the trigger too hard.
Very dense, but too high. Breathe slowly.
Will do.
Have you ever shot before?
No sir, I'm a painter, l have a very accurate eye.
Over here.
Yes, sir.
Give it to him.
Private Vorobyov,
Yes?
Put down the gun and come here.
Yes, sir!
Here. Put it there.
Yes, sir!
Run!
Oh, cool, Gioconda!
Cool!
Listen, Gioconda, tell me honestly.
Why did you come to Afghanistan?
You could sit at the headquarters and draw. They even offered you.
You won't understand.
So make it simple.
Simple?
Do you see the tank over there?
Beautiful, isn't it? What a machine!
Everything is perfect, where it needs to be.
Weapons are the most beautiful!
The most beautiful thing the mankind created.
So what?
There was an artist named Michelangelo in the renaissance.
One day, someone asked him how he sculpts his works.
He said, very simple, l just take a rock and get rid of the unneeded parts
Understand? Beauty is something without anything unneeded,
Without any crap.
In the war, there is only life
and death, nothing otiose.
War itself is a beauty.
Listen, Gioconda, l don't understand you,
Are you a fool or what?
What is so beautiful?
When someone's guts are twisted around tank tracks?
You think this is child's play?
I said you won't understand
Fuck you, freak!
Guys, mail.
Calm down!
Stasenko!
What day is today?
Wednesday. Third!
-Sparrow. -Mine!
-Lutaev. -Mine.
Suvorov.
Ryabokon.
That's it
"My friends asked me out to the disco."
"But l will not go without you because l love you!"
Give it to me!
But tonight l found two nice boys...
You think you're fucking hard, bitch, motherfucker.
Come on! Come on!
Come on, sparrow!
Attention, soldiers!
Stand at attention! You screwed soldiers!
You two come to me later.
Very good!
Very good, man.
Stand at attention!
Turn back and march!
March!
Ok, guys. Listen carefully!
March steady. Don't fan out.
To the top of this rock.
Sparrow, Stas and Ryaba, you guys hold their legs and push them over.
I don't give a fuck how, even bite 'em
Pinochet, Chugun, Gioconda, you guys come with me.
All come with me!
March!
Be steady!
All squads, stand up!
Stand up, l said!
Come out, lie down!
All down on the floor.
I'm ordering you!
Get down quickly! Everyone! What?
What did you say? I don't understand.
Stand up.
I don't understand what someone said.
Who said? Who?
Who said? I don't know.
Who?
Was it you?
I don't know who said something!
Who said?
I don't know.
Go there, you!
Do you want to tell me?
Tell me. Tell me what you know Tell to my ears!
Whisper, l will forgive you.
All of you! Come on, l'm alone
Come on , you and me. No one will know.
Are there any normal people here?
Or just fucking freaks?
Was it a bad dream?
Aha! Maybe dreamed something.
Looks like an aggravation
Wait! I heard that he wrote a request again to the headquarters.
He wanted to go to Afghanistan with us.
He was refused
Hold on . Who's there?
What are you doing? Stay where you are!
Come on, quickly! Slient!
Hold this.
Is there any pot left?
Heh! She sings again!
Did you see it ! she comes like a machine gun
Guys, Dygalo won't be looking for us?
Nope!
Why?
Because...
Lutyi , l thought l smelled something good!
Something left?
Take..
I'm gonna so hard tonight, that I won't get hard for another year.
Man, let's smoke some more
Ah, Sparrow, bird!
You know how we used to smoke in the orphan house?
Like Gypsies. One joint for all, Wanna see?
Show me.
Look what they're doing!
Hey, guys, you are so good, l love you all.
Bird had enough! Don't give him more.
Otherwise we'll need to carry him again.
Alright
I'm going
Tell me, you a man ?
No really, tell me, are you a man or what?
Let's not , Oleg
What?
I have a girl, Olya, you know how she is.
Ah, Olya
So love your Olya Everyone has his Olya,
We all have, but do you remember what you were before?
Now you became a real man, and there's final test left.
You must, bird, You gotta!
It's not a resort we going to.
Maybe this is your last chance.
You can't go to war a virgin.
It's a man thing, understand?
Come on, Sparrow, go for it, come on!
Maybe she doesn't want me.
Are you a fool? She likes you the most!
Really? You kidding me?
I swear, ask the boys l am not kidding.
C'mon c'mon , go!
She has looked at you many times at the camp
But you paid no attention, she felt hurt .
No, l can't do this in front of all of you.
Well, drink in the meantime, l'll be back.
Are you special?
Better than others, l don't get it!
Shut up, I'll explain you later
You need help Sparrow? Want me to hold your legs
Sparrow, just go
Go fight ! Take the sword out !
If l don't come back,
Say, he died bravely!
Warriors, forward
Stas, what's the matter?
Why are you so sad?
I miss my family, pass it.
It's a little scary, isn't it?
If I have to be honest, without any bullshit,
It's scary.
Not all die.
If it happens fast, It's not that scary.
The worst thing is if you get crippled.
When l was in Tashkent, l went to that hospital, and some soldiers were there.
The whole ward
Each one occupies only half a bed...
I knew a guy who came back from war.
He is fine, only his bladder got cut by shrapnel.
He got a pipe coming from his stomach, and a bag tied to his leg.
They call him bagpipes...
What's up with Sparrow ls he sleeping there or reading books?
Wait, l'm going to see.
You are brutes! Understand? Animals!
You all are like animals, Don't care who you fuck and where!
I can't do like this, You all are animals!
I wanted it to be good...
What are you looking at?
Has anyone ever told you that you are very beautiful?
Are you in love? So marry me, and those guys will come visit us.
You have to know it, You are so beautiful.
Are you an idiot?
Artist.
Goddess.
Goddess, emerging from the sea!
Cyprida!
Goddess of beauty!
The sea washes away all our sins!
Eternal purity!
Goddess.
Everyone worship her!
On your knees, you freaks!
Guys, l love you!
Rank!
-Comrade... -At ease.
We'll try...
Turn left.
Go towards the plane, march.
Krasnoyarsk!
Is there anyone from Krasnoyarsk?
Krasnoyarsk!
I am.
Where are you from?
Kraza.
And l'm from Yershovka, my countryman!
Just stay calm.
Okay.
I got back, you'll come back too.
Here, this is an amulet.
Take this.
4 over-periods, 28 missions,, and not a scratch
Wear this, don't take it off, do you understand?
Yes
Countryman, don't take it off!
Then pass it to others when you come back, just wear it.
Aye.
What's your name?
Oleg, and you?
Kolya.
Look there, guys.
Commander, from the right
Brakes are gone.
Keep it steady.
-Melkumov. -Yes.
-Sitroylov. -Yes.
-Ryabokon. -Yes.
-Vanifatiev. -Yes.
-Demchenko. -Yes.
-Bekbulatov. -Yes.
Go to the fourth company, follow me.
Bye, guys.
Take care, bye.
So long, man, bye.
So here we have the junkies, alcoholics and sex maniacs.
You are in the 9th company.
Follow me.
Oh, fresh meat is coming.
Get hanged, ghosts.
Attention.
Stand at attention!
Soldiers, welcome to the heroic 9th Company.
I don't get it, soldiers.
Welcome.
To.
The 9th.
Company.
Leave it, Hohol. Take them outside and deal with them there.
I am lieutenant Pogrebnyak, Forget everything you've known during training.
Here you ain't bad and ain't good, Here, you're nothing.
We've already heard all of this before.
I plan to train with you day and night, until you become good soldiers.
Is it clear?
Yes, comrade lieutenat.
Huh?
Yes, comrade lieutenant.
That's good.
Private Chugainov.
Why is it so gnawed?
This machine gun is Samyilin's, He heroically died.
He killed 8 ghosts with it,
And got a medal.
It's a little bit scratched, because he died from a grenade.
It's not such a big deal, You can glue it.
The barrel is bent, How am I gonna shoot?
You are very lucky, dumbass,
This gun is special.
You should feel proud, but instead you're bitching here.
-Comr... -Soldier! Sign here!
Turn left, move.
Who was your former commander?
1st Lieutenant Dygalo.
Sashka...
I thought he retired, He slept overe there.
He would scream all night long, going into combat, no one could sleep.
Then they took him to the hospital To Tashkent l guess.
Was a good guy, joyful, Used to laugh a lot.
He had some illness, hey doc, how'd you call it?
It's called an injury.
I thought you'd say something clever, dickhead.
Oh, shut up!
Is that snow white girl still there?
Snow white's there.
Say, painter,
Is this good?
More or less.
Some guy here made it by memory.
Listen, Hohol.
Pomidor - this son of a bitch, gave him Samylin's broken gun.
And the new one is probably already sold.
What? He trades weapons ?
Some die at war, and some make a profit.
Sir, l heard that we'll go to combat in two or three days, is that right?
Not combat, but we're going out. Our mission is occupying a hill.
Hold the line of defence, protecting our convoys.
Is this all?
Yes, what did you think it's Stalingrad here?
He's so monumental, l'd make a statue of him from bronze.
Kagraman.
What?
Kag - ra - man.
Dushmans call him so
It means angry giant.
Our commander is the only one in the whole Afghanistan,
Who's been nominated a war hero three times.
But each time he returns from combat He beats the shit out of some brass hat.
They don't take him to the martial court, though
But he ain't getting his star.
Afanasyi, who are they?
These are the Greens.
Afghanistani army, Darned idiots
There is nothing worse than working with them.
When it gets a little scary, they run
While you think they cover your flank, they're already far gone.
Three kilometers away.
We got surrounded once because of those assholes.
Where does the Dushman territory begin?
After the block station.
There they are.
They say - Russians are our friends and brothers,
But when the night falls, they take out their guns
And go Allah Akbar, and shit.
So do not haste tojoin this war, kids, You'll get it anyway
You probably already made a bet who's going to get the first kill.
Of course.
What did you bet?
A pack of Marlboro.
I'll add another one.
Who was the first then, lieutenant?
Samylin, He killed the first ghost
He also left first, in the zinc, or what remained of him, The pieces we could gather.
There they are, savages,
The frontier guard.
We'll drop off some ammo and food and go on.
You gonna take him with you?
Of course.
And when he grows?
Take him with me...
And eat him?
Do I look Korean to you?
Is it good?
Good.
Has it fermented yet?
Sure, with sunshine like this, it'll be better than Crimean wine.
Let's get 5 liters or so, for the kids.
So, boys, Let's drink for our meeting.
Say, what are the girls wearing now?
He's been here for a year and a half.
Well, dresses and jeans.
I know that they not wearing helmets, I asked
What kind of dresses, describe me in detail.
This summer, they got them skirts,
Totally see-through in the sun.
You can see their legs, It's great.
Like this?
No, longer
It's kinda broad
Waves in all directions
A little breeze and they all grab their skirts
And Gorbachev? I've been listening to the radio
Couldn't understand a thing. Perestroika and stuff...
What do people say?
Hey won't you shut up? I'm trying to have a conversation here
So, she walks, the skirt's waving to, and fro.
To, and fro.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Just like that?
Just like that,
I'll be damned.
How long have you all been here?
Year and a half.
15 months.
Look, I can count without you, stupid Ukrainian.
The only good thing to do with you is eat shit You won't let me open my mouth
Calling me stupid Ukrainian? And who the hell are you? Barbarian!
Only yesterday got out a cave
Here was your first time you seen a toilet
If you keep pissing me off like this I'll fucking destroy you....
Hey, hey fellows! Break it up!
Be quiet, let's drink for our discharge.
Moscow time is 22:00, We begin our program by your requests!
So gentlemen. Let's go shooting.
Get down.
Hello.
Hello, guys.
-What's up? Are they moving? -Moving.
-How many of them? -Five or six, I don't know.
Above the"tortoise", 30 meters left from the "big tooth".
Right under the "elephant"
Here they are.
Ladies and gentlemen Make yourself comfortable...
Get your radios ready. There are about five.
Ahmed.
Ahmed, is that you?
Ashet! Salam Aleikum my dear!
Ahmed! You're still alive? You worthless shit eater!
Fucking whore, fart sniffer!
I'm gonna kill you now!
Ashet! Me your guts cut, your throat strangle!
Me "fuk" your mother, "fuk" your father, "fuk" your brother and your sister!
Your "dik" is too small.
Fire...
And now your favourite song from the band AC/DC, Bring it on!
They're leaving.
Thank you for choosing our program, see you next time,
Let's go fellas.
Halt! Halt! Halt!
-Lesha? -Volodya.
Voloda. Shalam Voloda.
Are you Ahmed?
Ahmed, yes.
Me go soon, You no wait long.
Very soon.
Business Tashkent? Papa, mama Tashkent?
-Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. -Oh, cold.
You girl have Siberia? Love?
-How call? -Olya, -Olya? Pretty?
Yes, very
Me too, have pretty Fatima
Very much love
-Bride? -Yes, bride.
Next village
Bride, wife, love
Voloda,
Me go,
Soon, go.
Voloda,
Did you shoot? Where did he came from? Look!
These ghosts have some nerve to come here like this.,
-This is Ahmed. -Say, Patephone, he's your pal, right? -Cut it out!
Stinking freak, let me see his mug at least.
He killed three of our men, Bitch.
Well, congrats! Let's make a mark on the stock.
This is yours, Sparrow
Farewell, our dear friend, we won't be seeing you again
But the memory of you will remain in our hearts, forever
Let's go, guys
Convoy, stop!
Arrived!
The train has reached its final destination, Please clear the carriages
-Rock. -Rock!
Occupy the height, and strengthen the line!
-Come here, -Rock!
Unit one, I am unit nine.
Unit one, I am unit nine, I'm in the position.
Freeze! Two steps back.
What's up freak? Are you walking with your girl in the park? Huh? Do you not look below your feet?
Don't you see? There's a petal.
The worst mine of all
It's ours, the ghosts don't have ones like this
We plant them, and then we die by them.
If you step on it - your feet are gone.
Step back everyone.
The Houst Province, Height 3234, Day 181
Bring a big one.
Get that rock there.
Pile it here.
Come on, come on.
There, put it there.
On the right ! Fire to the canyon!
It's us!
Salut, Comrade Captain
Look.
-It's our Ryaba, -Fellas take the soldier.
The far cordon's been entirely shot, Only he survived.
Ryaba...
First.
First, affirmative.
-Second. -Second, affirmative.
-First. -First, affirmative.
-Second -Second, affirmative.
I'm sor... I'm sor...
-I'm sorry, -What? What's up, Stas?
Had a nightmare?
Get up, bitch
You know how it happens? Huh?
They come here, right here, And cut, cut 30 kids' throats.
One by one, cut.
Cut like this, Stas, From ear to ear, like they were slaughtering pigs
Because of one motherfucker like you That fell asleep on his watch , Stas
This is not a school! This is a battlefield, You're not getting Fs here! Here you get killed!
Take this piece of shit away!
-Vorobyov! Take his place. -Aye.
Afanasyi, Kurbashi, with me.
The Houst Province, Height 3234, Day 210
-Cool, -Listen, draw one for me too.
Come on.
-Gioconda! -Yes.
-Hohol is calling you, -I'll finish it when I get back.
Comrade lieutenant, Private Petrovsky has fulfilled your command.
Look at this ace.
And this...
Gimme the money, dickhead
-You're two minutes late, have you got it? -Yes
-I don't get it, are you sneering me? -No sir, nobody had any.
-It's all that's left, -Do you know when the next supply comes?
In one day? Two? Maybe a week? For how long we gonna be here?
You have one hour to get me two full match boxes, clear?
-Where am I gonna get them? -I don't give a shit!
-Find them, steal them, make them! Is my order clear, soldier? -Yes, sir.
Go
-Once more -OK, dumbcluck
Stas, got any matches?
Bachar! Bachar!
Halt!
I said stop, bastard
Halt!
Hey, bachar
Bachar
Halt!
Matches, understand? matches, matches
Me... For you... This
Tasty, tasty, me, this, for you, tasty
You, for me, matches
Forbidden.
Haram.
Forbidden.
Walk, walk.
Get over here, Who allowed you to leave the position?
Being a fucking hero? You'll be punished.
-Aye, comrad captain, -Picasso, God dammit
What took so long? We already planned to storm the village
Have you got it?
Very good,
The country will not forget your service.
They're coming!
So many...
Ghosts!
Fire!
To battle!
Arrow, arrow!
This is falcon
Do you read? Over.
Arrow, do you read?
Over!
From the left!
Cover me!
Stop it! Stop it!
No!
There they are!
Curbashi! Cover me!
Behind the rocks!
No!
No...
Stas, take the captain
Sparrow, Lutyi, Gioconda come with me!
Kurbashi, Grab him, pull back.
Pull back!
Fellas, me first!
Get down.
I said get down!
Sparrow, get down!
Let's go
Get down
Hold it!
Oh! Sparrow...
Where's your gun?
Let's go, They are in the village
Hohol, the center is yours,
I come from the right
Got it.
Go!
Chugun, Curbashi, the yard on the right
Stas, Lutyi - go straight
Where's that?
Stas
Where the hell did you go? What were you thinking?
Stop shooting!
Stop!
It's okay, it's okay
It hurts, of course it hurts, It's okay
Hohol, let's pull back
The artillery is about to strike.
Where the hell you going?
Kurbashi, Kurbashi! Hold on!
Come here, Stas got wounded, quick!
Come on, pull back!
Stas, Don't close your eyes
Everything will be okay,
Stas, hold on,
Don't close your eyes, Stas, look at me
Afghanistan, Day 237
Let's go
Catch!
Look, what they're doing, dammit!
Ok, let's go
Hey you, what the hell are you shooting?
Guys, get down
What freaks, huh?
Your own soldiers will shoot you For a box of canned meat Few month before discharge
Discharge for you won't be as soon as you think.
-Me and Kurbashi are gonna pack soon, -Guys, we shouldn't have,
It's not right, maybe they needed to deliver it to some garrison.
-Yeah, right, teach us how to live -Guys, do you know what kind of man Sparrow is?
Tell them, bird, What should I be embarassed of?
I went to college, studied philology.
Sparrow is a teacher.
Why is it so funny?
-Teachers were afraid to come to our classroom, -How many guys were in the course?
-Three. -And girls?
Fifty-two.
-You probably had all of them, huh? -Come on, guys,
He's got his Olya
I swear, I'll visit you just to see this Olya. What's so special about her?
Wait, what you're saying is...
Sparrow is gonna be standing in front of a class,
It's clear regarding Gioconda,
-Kurbashi will slice people up, -No I won't, I've had enough of this shit
I'll be a vet, horses, sheep,
What about you Hohol? Whatc you wanna do after you leave Afghanistan?
-Drink. -Yeah, sure, for a week or so, but after that?
Drink again
-And then? -Keep drinking.
Till I forget all this
Then I'll rise, wash my mug
And start a new life - If I can
The Houst Province, Height 3234, Day 267
Faster bird, because of you we've missed the New Year by Krasnoyarsk time
Don't worry, in Vladivostok they're all rolling drunk already.
-Say, Chugun! -What?
What have you done to the kompot?
-Nothing. -So where is it?
-I forgot it, -Yeah right, forgot. You wanted to drink it all yourself
Brothers.
-Brothers! -Pinochet
Pinochet! Pinochet!
Fellas!
-How did you get here? -I've been reassigned to your unit. -Why? What have you done?
I broke some motherfucker's teeth. He said, I eat like a pig
You see, for us, muslims, pig is an impure animal. You can get a bullet for saying that
-Give me a drink. -It's pure alcohol.
Go ahead,
Let me introduce
Afanasyi, frightening man
Kurbashi, medic
This is Hohol (offensive term for a Ukrainian)
For some Hohol... And for others, comrade Lieutenant.
Come on, man, he's one of us, Dygalo's disciple
Hello.
Well, let's sit down, fellas
-Fill it in... -Guys! Gorbachev's speech starts! Turn up the volume.
For the passing year.
Let all the bad things stay behind.
Come on, fill the second one.
For discharge.
This year we dicsharge, guys.
Fill in, what's left!
Brothers, the third toast
To our fallen comrades.
To Samylin. To Nikita Balashov, To Potap.
To Ryaba, to Bold, to Kostyan.
In short, for all those who didn't make it.
To Stas
Troopers!
Wake up! Or they'll slit your throat!
Guys! Ghosts!
Company, to battle!
-Put through the Falcon, quick! -Ammo, Chugun!
It's a major shitshow! These bastards are gonna fight to the last fucking one!
Come to me!
Don't let them close.
Come on!
-Shoot, Shoot! -We have two wounded
Where's Gioconda?
Bitches!
-They're pulling back. -Mortars... Incoming!
Get down!
Falcon! Falcon!
Where's the captain?
Sparrow!
-Sparrow! -Aye.
Get to the captain's dugout! They're all drunk as a skunks there.
Get the mortar!
In the coomb, among the rocks, 150
Aye 150
Fire!
Excellent - you hit it!
Get the wounded here!
-Captain's down! -Are there any officers alive?
Anybody?
Company, listen to me, To comb....
-They are coming. -Get ready!
Come to me!
They're running, Chugun, hold the center!
Don't let them get any closer!
No point. There's nobody there
Don't waste the rockets, We might need it later.
They must come some time.
If we hadn't contacted them all day
Seryoga...
Why do they only use machine guns?
It seems they ran out of mortars
But they got plenty of RPGs
They're saving it for the convoy, won't waste it on us
Meanwhile
Hey, Russian! Come out! Alive be.
Be patient, it won't take long
Our troops will come here soon
The choppers will take us
To Tashkent
It's good there, warm.
Nurses in white coats.
-How long are we sitting here? -3 hours.
They'll start soon.
Get down!
They're shooting rockets!
Kurbashi! Get Kurbashi here!
Kurbashi!
Crawl over here, Sparrow!
Go, go.
Sparrow, crawl.
Sparrow!
Is there anyone alive?
Fellas, any ghosts left?
All clear here.
Bastards!
Enough. It's over. Everything is over. Enough.
Is there any officers alive?
-Is there? -No.
Listen to my command.
Number off.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Go get all the ammo that's left.
-I have two rockets. -I've a half magazine.
Two grenades.
Shit. It ain't enough for even one attack.
They start again.
They're going to attack. We are fucked.
Company get ready.
Listen to my order.
Forward!
Our troops!
Comrade colonel. The 9th company has accomplished the mission.
The convoy may pass securely.
There'll be no convoy, we are leaving.
Comrade colonel, we held the height.
The convoy may pass.
Can you hear me, son? Why did the radio not work?
Why there's no connection? Can you hear me?
Asshole!
Afghanistan, Chaugani, February 9th 1989
We were leaving Afghanistan.
We, the 9th company. Have won our own war.
Back then, we hadn't known a lot of things
We hadn't known, that two years later the country we had been fighting for would vanish.
And wearing the medals of a non-existing country will become unfashionable.
We hadn't known that Lieutenant Dygalo would stay in standing army.
And train recruits somewhere near Tula
He would die of a stroke, a year later During a night march.
We hadn't known that Snow White with her mother and lots of other Russian families.
Would stay in the abandoned army city on the Afghani border and disappear.
And we ourselves will be scattered ruthlessly, by the new life.
Some to the top, and some to the very bottom.
Non of this we hadn't known then.
We even hadn't known that we were simply forgotten in the bustle of the huge army's withdraw
On that remote height.
We were leaving Afghanistan...
The 9th company.
We, we won.
This film is based on real events That took place on January 8th, 1988 In Houst province, height 3234