The Paratroopers
1998, Russian. Directed by Leila Aranysheva.
Young guys from different social strata, some of whom have a criminal past, are called up to the airborne troops. Sergeant Alexey Burov (Alexey Serebryakov) was appointed commander of a platoon of recruits. It is he who instills in inexperienced "sons" the skills of hand-to-hand combat, mutual assistance and army savvy in the ongoing exercises. And now the day of baptism of fire has come. A unit of paratroopers receives an order to help border guards neutralize a large gang of drug traffickers trying to illegally cross the border...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 10 August 1998
- Original title
- Десант
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Written by
- Aleksandr Baranov
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The Paratroopers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 August 1998. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Paratroopers?
The Paratroopers (1998) was directed by Leila Aranysheva and stars Aleksey Serebryakov, Arman Asenov, Sayat Isembayev.