Kalashnikov AK-47 vs The Shadow in My Eye

The Shadow in My Eye has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.4/10 for Kalashnikov AK-47). Kalashnikov AK-47 is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 47m. Kalashnikov AK-47 is the older of the two (2020 against 2021). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Kalashnikov AK-47 posterKalashnikov AK-472020 VS The Shadow in My Eye posterThe Shadow in My Eye2021
Kalashnikov AK-47The Shadow in My Eye
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year20202021
Length1h 45m1h 47m
GenresDrama, History, WarDrama, History, War
CountryRussia–
DirectorKonstantin BuslovOle Bornedal
Main castVitaliy Khaev, Yura Borisov, Sergey Gazarov, Artur Smolyaninov, Dmitriy KulichkovAlex Høgh Andersen, Danica Ćurčić, James Tarpey, Fanny Leander Bornedal, Rikke Louise Andersson

Synopsis

Kalashnikov AK-47

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.

The Shadow in My Eye

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

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