# 9th Company (2005)

> Young Soviet recruits forge a fierce brotherhood while confronting the escalating violence and strategic collapse of the Afghan war.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8287

## Facts

- Runtime: 139 min
- Genres: War, Drama, History
- Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
- Cast: Aleksey Chadov, Artur Smolyaninov, Konstantin Kryukov, Ivan Kokorin, Artyom Mikhalkov, Soslan Fidarov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Dmitriy Mukhamadeev
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417397/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, mournful, patriotic, historical war film night, serious cinema viewing

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