Checkpoint (1998 film)

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Checkpoint
Russian: Блокпост
Directed byAleksandr Rogozhkin
Written byAleksandr Rogozhkin
Produced by
  • Konstantin Ernst
  • Evgeniy Gindilis
  • Yana Liberis
  • Anatoliy Maksimov
  • Sergey Selyanov
Starring
CinematographyAndrey Zhegalov
Edited by
  • Sergei Gudkovsky
  • Yuliya Rumyantseva
Music byVladislav Panchenko
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Checkpoint (Russian: Блокпост) is a 1998 Russian drama film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin.[1][2][3]

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The film takes place in 1996 in the North Caucasus, during the First Chechen War. In one mountain aul, a landmine exploded and kills a disabled child. Now the platoon that carried out the incident was sent to a checkpoint to rescue the soldiers from the revenge of the villagers.[4]

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