100 Days Before the Command

100 Days Before the Command

1991 · 71 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama

Hussein Erkenov's courageous and stinging indictment of communism. Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. Their only means of saving their dignity is by preserving the humanity and compassion they share for each other.

Directed by Hussein Erkenov · Written by Vladimir Kholodov

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Vladimir Zamanskiy The Unknown Man
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Brigade Commander
Oleg Vasilkov Elin
Roman Grekov Zub
Valery Troshin Kudrin
Aleksandr Chislov Zyrin
Mikhail Solomatin Belikov
Sergei Rozhentsev Titarenko
Sergey Bystritskiy Senior Lieutenant Umnov
Sergey Semyonov Captain
Elena Kondulaynen Death
Oleg Khusainov Angel

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