Automat Kalashnikov
In October 1941, during World War II, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was recovering from wounds when he first conceived the AK-47. The Germans were then killing Russians with Schmeissers. Devising an automatic assault rifle became his aim in life. Easy to handle, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, formidably efficient, the "Kalash" which was adopted by the Red Army in 1948, escaped the control of its brilliant inventor. In half a century, this weapon, which has been sold in more than 100 million models, has been used in all military conflicts, especially in the Third world, and today arms the gangs of the streets of San Francisco. Now 80, Mikhail Kalashnikov lives in Izhevsk, capital of the Udmurtiya Republic, which as the center of the Russian armament industry remained off-limits to foreigners until 1992.
Germany / Australia / France - 2000 - 1 h 36 mn - Super 16 mm - Colour
Réalisation
Axel Engstfeld
Scénario
Herbert Habersack
Image
Wolfgang Thaler
Son
Csaba Kulcsar
Montage
Jean-Marc Lesguillons
Musique
Hans Günter Wagener
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Production
Engstfeld Film GmbH.,
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 26,
50668 Cologne, Allemagne
Tél : +49 221 120 510
Fax : +49 221 135 496
E-mail : info@engstfeldfilm.de
Co-Production
D-Network, Kalamazoo International, Adi Mayer Film
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Ventes
Films Transit International,
252, boulevard Gouin Est,
H3L 1A8 Montréal (Québec), Canada
Tél : +1 514 844 3358
Fax : +1 514 844 7298
E-mail : office@filmstransit.com |
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