In 1991 he made '' Afghan Breakdown '' , a Soviet-Italian film about the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan with Michele Placido in the lead , critical of the Soviet military activity . During the troubled shooting that started in Tajikistan in 1990 one of the team members Nikita Matrosov was killed by Tajik ultra-nationalists following the 1990 Dushanbe riots . According to Bortko , most of their equipment was destroyed as well , the team was evacuated , and the shooting was finished in Crimea and Syria
1990 Dushanbe riots
1990 Dushanbe riots
Vladimir Bortko