Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)

Kalashnikov

The weapon that would change the world

110 min★ 6.6 · 6,468 votes

• Action
• Biography
• Drama

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

Release date

February 15, 2020

Country of origin

Russia

Budget

$3,500,000

Box office

$1,593,464