Prisoner of the Mountains
Also known as Kavkazskij plennik, Kavkazsky plennik
1996 film by Sergei Bodrov
Film · TMDB
6.6Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
Released: 1996-03-1599 minDir: Sergei BodrovDrama, WarBox office: $890,078
Cast
- Oleg Menshikov as Sacha Kostylin
- Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Ivan (Vanya) Zhilin
- Jemal Sikharulidze as Abdul-Murat
- Susanna Mekhraliyeva as Dina
- Aleksandr Bureyev as Hasan
- Valentina Fedotova as Zhilin's Mother
Themes
- prisoner
- hostage
- mountain
- chechnya
- russian soldier
- based on short story