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Sergei Bodrov has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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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.
Dir. Konstantin Buslov · With Yura Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Dir. Sergei Bodrov · With Tadanobu Asano, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?
Dir. Sergei Bodrov · With Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes