Peshavar_Waltz

<i>Peshavar Waltz</i>

Peshavar Waltz

1994 Russian film

Peshawar Waltz (Russian: Пешаварский вальс, Peshavarskiy val's) is a 1994 Russian action film directed and written by Timur Bekmambetov. The film is a dramatic depiction of Afghan war based on the actual events of the Badaber uprising of prisoners of war 24 km south of Peshawar, Pakistan. An English dub of the film titled Escape from Afghanistan was released on home video in 2002.

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Plot summary

An American reporter and doctor (British and French in the original version) comes to a military base in Pakistan to document the P.O.W. conditions. While being there, the Soviet prisoners rise up and take over the base.

Awards

At the 29th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Crystal Globe and Timur Bekmambetov won the Best Director Award.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "29th festival". kviff.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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