--- product_id: 63512587 title: "9th Company" brand: "alexei chadovartur smolyaninovfyodor bondarchuk" price: "₹ 15355" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/63512587-9th-company store_origin: IN region: India --- # 9th Company **Brand:** alexei chadovartur smolyaninovfyodor bondarchuk **Price:** ₹ 15355 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 9th Company by alexei chadovartur smolyaninovfyodor bondarchuk - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 15355 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/63512587-9th-company) ## Best For - alexei chadovartur smolyaninovfyodor bondarchuk enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted alexei chadovartur smolyaninovfyodor bondarchuk brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Based on real-life events, 9th COMPANY recounts a year in the shared lives of a group of young soldiers drafted to serve in Afghanistan during the final year of the Soviet conflict. It is a poignant story of the unit s dedication to each other during their valiant defense of Height 3234...a futile battle that ravaged their forgotten company, who fought on, unaware that the war had ended.Reminiscent of Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and The Big Red One, 9th COMPANY is credited as being the first real post-Soviet era war film.The highest grossing film in Russia in 2005 at $27 million, 9th COMPANY also won a NIKA Award for Best Film and marks the feature directorial debut of Fyodor Bondarchuk, son of renowned director Sergei Bondarchuk War and Peace, 1968. Review 9th COMPANY, Russia s domestic top-grosser of 2005, has been touted as the first major film to attempt to do for their Afghan war what Platoon and other pics did for Vietnam. --Variety ## Images ![9th Company - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81qTc2p9QmL.jpg) ![9th Company - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81qBiTz7IFL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF MY FAVORITE WAR MOVIES *by W***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2023* I have always loved this movie…It’s based on a true story and the acting is very very good. I bought it because it has English Subtitles. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good movie but sappy in a good Russian sort of way *by R***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2011* I enjoyed it and have watched it 3 times since I bought it about a month ago. I learned a great deal from it regarding the Russian (maybe Soviet) point of view. The treatment of the recruits and soldiers is in line with what I have heard throughout my own military career. In a word, it's harsh and it is normal for NCOs and sometimes Officers to physically "correct" the lower ranks (conscripts) with beatings.If you are a fan of Russian weaponry, this is your movie. It's filled with AK-47s, AK-74s, RPKs, PKMs, the list goes on. There is plenty of military action involving an attack by "The Muj" as they are called in the movie. There are other violent military encounters as well that are pretty well acted and realistically portrayed. Some scenes are quite realistic while others seem an attempt to make an excuse for the Soviet loss by showing the Mujahadin as "ghosts" who can disappear into the landscape while standig 20 yards from the Russians. Having been deployed to Afghanistan, I found the locations portrayed interesting also. The locations used in filming are convincing as Afghanistan. You need to be warned about something here though...this is not a movie you can watch with a child!!!There is a scene with and much discussion about a character named "Snow White" who is an attractive 20-something young woman known by the soldiers for "servicing" recruits that come through this boot camp. They gather with her and take turns being "serviced". The actress is nude and even the parts of the scene that don't show her completely nude are too suggestive for young eyes. During the end of this scene, she is shown completely nude and the soldiers are bowing to her in their own sort of mock worship. Frankly, I found the bits involving her and discussion of her to be degrading and they made me uncomfortable. But, honestly, that emotion was an American one. It was interesting to me to wonder what the Russian mind would be thinking at that point in the movie. All things considered, this is a movie well worth the money. I value it for entertainment and education. I recommend watching this movie in Russian with subtitles. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Very good film showing a Russian/former Soviet Bloc point of view. *by T***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2009* I felt that the 9th Company was a very good film and it portrays a none western view of the Soviet Afghan War. The film follows the service of several Soviet VDV(Airborne)troopers from their enlistment up to the end of the films final battle.The film covers events in 1987-88 which was during the final stages of the Soviet Afghan War. The first half of the movie focus on the at times very brutal training that the VDV troopers go through the instructor Warrant Officer Dygalo often resorts to brutal punishment of the men for making mistakes and the actor portraying Dygalo has an outstanding scene where he goes into a rage at the men when he learns that he will not be allowed to return to Afghanistan.Another very interesting scene is at the end of the basic training a VDV commander asks the men if any of them wish not to serve in Afghanistan that they should step forward and they will be assigned elsewhere this scene is notable as many westerners may not know that serving in Afghanistan was voluntary and every Soviet solider asked to serve there.There are several good scenes when the new troopers arrive in Afghanistan and met the much more experienced men in the unit the 9th company which they have been assigned to.The rest of the movie develops well and you see how the young fresh naive men come to see the chaos of warfare.The battle scenes are very confusing and violent and you rarely see much of the enemy for very long which does a great job keeping you on the edge of your set and feeling out of control of what is happening.The last 20 or so minutes of the film is the climatic final battle which occurs in early January 1988 and lasts almost three days.The film does take some creative license in this part and portrays the unit as having been forgotten about and not receiving any fire support until the last day.In reality the real 9th Company was not forgotten and had full fire support during the battle.Though the battle and situation shown in the film is a bit different than fact I feel that the director did this to portray the general feelings of the men who severed in the war that they where forgotten and whats worse the nation and ideas that these men where fighting for the Soviet Union no longer existed just a few short years after the Soviets left Afghanistan. Overall a very good film and beyond a doubt far better than any western film about the Soviet Afghan War such as Charlie Wilson's War which is highly idealized far more so than the 9th Company is. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/63512587-9th-company](https://www.desertcart.in/products/63512587-9th-company) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-08*