The film is based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in 1980s. Young Soviet Army recruits are sent from the boot camp into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. The action is not like the boot camp at all. It is very bloody and dirty. The 9th company is defending the position 3234, and is hopelessly calling for help. But help never comes. “This is war, you kill, or get killed”, says the 9-th company leader Khohol (Bondarchuk). The guys are killed one by one, by the viciously fighting dushman guerrillas. The last guy survives to learn that the war was over, and the 9th company was simply forgotten… They believed that they served their country. But two years later that country seized to exist.Read More »
