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The Beast of War is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kevin Reynolds released in USA on 14 september 1988 with George Dzundza
The Beast of War (1988)
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Add to a movie listThe Beast (also known as The Beast of War) is a 1988 American war film directed by Kevin Reynolds and based on a William Mastrosimone play Nanawatai. The plot concerns a Soviet T-55 tank lost during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The movie has enjoyed a cult-favorite status in spite of its low box office statistics.
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The film is prefaced with a quotation from the poem "The Young British Soldier" by Rudyard Kipling:Actors
George Dzundza
(Daskal)
Jason Patric
(Konstantin Koverchenko)
Steven Bauer
(Khan Taj)
Stephen Baldwin
(Anthony Golikov)
Erick Avari
(Samad)
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