Movie
The Beast
Overview
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-09-14
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Brightstar Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- George Dzundza as Daskal
- Jason Patric as Konstantin Koverchenko
- Steven Bauer as Khan Taj
- Stephen Baldwin as Anthony Golikov
- Don Harvey as Kaminski
- Kabir Bedi as Akbar
- Erick Avari as Samad
- Chaim Jeraffi as Moustafa
- Shoshi Marciano as Sherina
- Yitzhak Ne'eman as Iskandar
- David Sherrill as Helicopter Pilot
- Moshe Vapnik as Hasan
Crew
- Kevin Reynolds - Director
- William Mastrosimone - Screenplay
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