
The Square Peg
1958
A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.
Konstantin Buslov
Engineer captain Lyutyy
Kalashnikov
Major General Kurbatkin
Zaytsev
Katya
Major General Degtyarev
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