History Film / NinthCompany

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The ''actual'' Battle of Hill 3234 did not end with a KillEmAll of the Soviet platoon. In reality, the Soviets took 6 losses while the mujahadeen [[CurbStompBattle lost 200 - 250 fighters.]] In addition, the film shows that the military chain of command forgot about the hill and they were left to fend for themselves. In the actual battle, they were in constant communication with headquarters and had artillery and air support.

* IronicNickname: "Snow White" is hardly a chaste young woman. Having sex with her before deployment is so common, it has become a rite of passage for the paratroopers.

* HopeSpot: Cruelly punctuated, too. Pomidor sees the Russian helicopters coming to the rescue, and stands up, [[TooDumbToLive pointing them out jubilantly...]] just to get instantly [[RealityEnsues shredded by bullets]].

* RealityEnsues: Captain Bystrov is a living legend: much like any movie action hero. Unlike an action hero, he's suddenly killed by a machinegun burst in the middle of an ambush.

There were two video game adaptations, a Russian only FPS "The Truth about 9th Company" and an RTS released on Steam with an English release "9th Company: Roots of Terrors."

** [[spoiler: Pinochet]] ended up with few bullets in his chest. His reaction? He ''strangled'' his attacker right before dying. [[GoOutWithASmile With a smile]].

* OvertOperative: The Afghan warriors are led/accompanied by a guy in sunglasses and of suspiciously Western features.

* TokenMinority: Kurbashi, the only non-white soldier. His nationality is never exactly specified, but his actor Amadu Mamadakov, is a Mongol. Provided Kurbashi is from the Soviet Union, he could come from one of the central Asian republics.

* RealityEnsues: Captain Bystrov is a living legend: a true {{Badass}} who is battle hardened and GenreSavvy, much like any movie action hero. Unlike an action hero, he's suddenly killed by a machinegun burst in the middle of an ambush.

** Afanasiev considered Akhmet one. Their insults exchanged seemed almost like old friends razzing each other, and Afanasiev solemnly bids him farewell when he finds Akhmet's corpse.

* HopeSpot: Cruelly punctuated, too. Pomidor sees the Russian helicopters coming to the rescue, and stands up, [[ToDumbToLive pointing them out jubilantly...]] just to get instantly [[RealityEnsues shredded by bullets]].

* HopeSpot: Cruelly averted. Pomidor sees the helicopters coming to the rescue, and points them out jubilantly... just to get instantly shredded by bullets.

* Jerkass: Chugun certainly qualifies in the beginning of the movie. Especially towards Vorobey.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: For some baffling reason, the English dub gives all the enlisted men American accents -- california accents, and they all sound the same. All the officers have thick, subpar false Russian accents. This troper, who speaks both languages, advises using the Russian voice track, as the English is frankly painful. And the Russian just sounds so much more badass.

''The 9th Company'' (Russian: 9 Рота) is a 2005 Russian–Finnish–Ukrainian film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and set during the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan. The film is loosely based on the events of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Hill_3234 Battle for Hill 3234]]. The protagonists are a group of young recruits of the Soviet Airborne Troops, first arriving at boot camp in Soviet Central Asia and receiving combat training, until they are sent to the frontline where they are stationed in a remote base, surrounded with hostile locals. Soon, they find themselves ordered to hold a hilltop post at all cost, while the mujahideen decide to strike.

!!This work contains examples of following tropes:

* TokenMinority: Kurbashi, the only non-white soldier.

* WorthyOpponent: How the intelligence officer views Afghan people, since they were never conquered in recorded history.

* {{Overheating}}: Do ''not'' grab barrel of your machine gun after you just emptied all of its ammo.

* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: This is probably the only film ever made where Soviet guns regularly jamms, overheat and have integrity problems. It's used both as PlayedForLaughs ''and'' RealityIsUnrealistic.

''The 9th Company'' (Russian: 9 Рота) is a 2005 Russian–Finnish–Ukrainian film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and set during the SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan. The film is loosely based on the events of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Hill_3234 Battle for Hill 3234]]. The protagonists are a group of young recruits of the Soviet Airborne Troops, first arriving at boot camp in Soviet Central Asia and receiving combat training, until they are sent to the frontline where they are stationed in a remote base, surrounded with hostile locals. Soon, they find themselves ordered to hold a hilltop post at all cost, while the mujahideen decide to strike.