Mikhail Khmurov as General Dmitriy Ivanovich Somov.

Emir Kusturica as taxi driver (cameo appearance).

Roman Kurtsyn as Senior Lieutenant Nikolay Poltoratskiy, platoon commander.

Svetlana Chuykina as Marta, doctor, assistant to Dr.

Stern, doctor from Switzerland, Smuk's accomplice

Ravshana Kurkova as Vera Kurbaeva, sniper.

Kirill Polukhin as Oleg Barmin 'Baria', sapper.

Nodari Janelidze as Rustam Mamatgireyev 'Girey'.

Gojko Mitić as Goran Milić, head of the Yugoslav police station.

Milena Radulović as Jasna Blagojević, doctor.

Miloš Biković as Vuk Majevski, Yugoslav police officer.

Gosha Kutsenko as Aslan-Bek 'Bek' Evkhoev (based on Yunus-Bek Yevkurov).

Anton Pampushnyy as Andrey Shatalov 'Shatay'.

Russian Airborne Troop and military intelligence officer Aslan-Bek Evkhoev and former paratrooper-turned-mercenary Andrey Shatalov head a small detachment tasked with the dangerous mission to stop the terrorists, recapture the airfield held from them, and hold it until a Russian Airborne Troops reinforcement stationed in Bosnia arrived ahead of NATO forces, which the team will leave beforehand, as well as rescue Shatalov's love interest Jasna Blagojević, who was captured to be harvested for organs, along with several ethnic Serb prisoners. The terrorists engage in organ harvesting, robberies, assassinations, and ethnic cleansing.

Afterwards, an operation to capture the airfield from them is conducted by Russian intelligence agents. You cannot make a movie like this and totally adhere to the chronology of the events but you can use them in accordance with the rules of dramaturgy and genre,' explained Bikovic at a press conference.Īfter Belgrade, 'The Balkan Line' will have its premiere in Novi Sad, Niš and other towns across Serbia.Ĭlick here to read the article on the original site.In 1999, during the bombing of Yugoslavia, Slatina airfield is taken over by terrorists led by an Albanian warlord, Smuk. We used only certain historical elements. 'The film has this historical event as its basis but we have captured a love story that is incorporated in it. The Russian film crew was led by director Andrey Volgin who filmed most of the scenes at authentic locations in Serbia. The film is produced by Arhangel Studios, and the main roles are given to Milos Bikovic and Miodrag Radonjic. This 24-hour-action by the Russian paratroopers that had great geopolitical importance motivated the Russian screenwriters to convey the story through the personal drama of the main characters.Īlthough the movie basically covers a painful war theme, it also sends a strong message of peace and a lesson about the friendship of the two nations. This war spectacle is an action drama inspired by the actual event that took place on June 12th, 1999, when the battalion of Russian paratroopers captured Slatina Airport in Pristina.

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