Synopsis
Leaving Afghanistan (Bratstvo, 2019) is a war drama by Pavel Lungin you can watch online on iFILM. The year is 1988, the Soviet army is pulling out of Afghanistan, and the last march home turns deadlier than any battle — straight through the Salang pass, held by the mujahideen.
The withdrawal of the 108th motor rifle division stalls on one job: first they have to recover a downed pilot taken prisoner by a local warlord. A young lieutenant nicknamed Grek steps into the negotiations and the reconnaissance, ready to hand himself over as a hostage so the convoy can move. A mistake here costs lives, not rank. Lungin strips the war of heroic gloss — exhausted men, murky deals with the enemy, blood on a mountain road, and an order that must be carried out anyway.
The screenplay grew out of accounts from officers who lived through that retreat, and it stirred real controversy at home for how bluntly it questions the price of the "international duty." A strong cast carries it: Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik, Vitaly Kishchenko. For viewers who'd rather have the bitter truth than parade-ground pathos about war. Stream Leaving Afghanistan (2019) online on iFILM.
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