Cargo 200 (film)

Cargo 200
Directed byAleksei Balabanov
Written byAleksei Balabanov
Produced bySergei Selyanov
StarringAgniya Kuznetsova
Leonid Bichevin
Aleksei Poluyan
Leonid Gromov
Aleksei Serebryakov
Production
company
Kinokompaniya CTB
Release dates
  • 16 May 2007 (2007-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 14 June 2007 (2007-06-14) (Russia)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian
English
Box officeRUB 3,553,428 (Russia)

Cargo 200 (Russian: Груз 200, romanized: Gruz 200) is a 2007 Russian psychological thriller film directed by Aleksei Balabanov depicting the late Soviet society. The action is set during the culmination of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1984. The movie's title Cargo 200 refers to the zinc coffins in which dead Soviet soldiers were shipped home.[1][2][3] The movie was said to be based on a true story. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

  1. ^ «Груз 200»: жестокое кино Балабанова «не рекомендовано» телеканалам Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, svobodanews.ru, June 06, 2007 (in Russian)
  2. ^ Алексей Балабанов: нормы не существует Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, gazeta.ru, May 24, 2007 (in Russian)
  3. ^ Andrew Osborn, From Russia, Without Love: New Movie Slams Soviet Union, Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2007