Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World (2014)
• November 11th, 2014 • 0h 52min
Documentary, TV Movie, Drama, War
Overview
'Afghanistan 1979: the war that changed the world', is a French documentary about the Sovjet invasion in Afghanistan in 1979. It was one of the most crucial events of the 20th century, and changed the world forever. This documentary gives a good insight in the Afghan-Russian war ; the alliance between the Russian and Afghan communist governments ; Islamic resistance ; the support of America for the resistance and its consequences on the war.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Right Stuff
Released on: 1983-10-20
Drama, History, Adventure
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to ...
The Scars
Released on: 2019-03-12
Documentary, Drama
The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experie...
It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
Released on: 2008-09-17
Documentary, History, Crime, Drama
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
K-19: The Widowmaker
Released on: 2002-07-19
Drama, History, Thriller, Mystery, War
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save ...
The Thin Red Line
Released on: 1998-12-23
Drama, History, War
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ult...
Chodorkowskis neue Freiheit
Released on: 2016-09-13
Documentary
Released from prison, former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky expounds on his newfound freedom and ...
Nach dem Sturm
Released on: 2019-04-25
Documentary
The protests of 1968 had a significant impact on the great cities of the world. But people like to f...
Stone in the Water: Torture in Chile
Released on:
Documentary
Short documentary about the phenomen of torture, its effects and its limits. Made with the support o...
Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté
Released on: 2018-09-29
Documentary
Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchant...
Piégé
Released on: 2014-01-15
War, Thriller
A soldier is stuck in a combat zone after stepping on a mine.
Gorky Park
Released on: 1983-12-15
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but find...
His Name was Robeson
Released on: 1998-03-09
Documentary
The film tells about a previously unknown episode of Paul Robeson’s biography — a secret conversatio...
The Soldier's Star
Released on: 2006-09-05
War, Drama
A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan music...
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Released on: 1964-01-29
Comedy, War
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room f...
WarGames
Released on: 1983-06-03
Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a compute...
Kolya
Released on: 1996-05-15
Music, Drama, Comedy
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly tak...
Pawn Sacrifice
Released on: 2015-09-16
Thriller, Drama
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassk...
Sarah Bernhardt, pionnière du show business
Released on: 2023-04-16
Documentary, TV Movie
On the centenary of Sarah Bernhardt's death, we take a look back at the whimsical life of the whimsi...
In Delusion: Trump and the American Catastrophe
Released on: 2020-10-02
Documentary, TV Movie
In 2020, the USA experienced a multiple catastrophe: No other country in the world was hit so badly ...