Released Date:
1997-01-31
Languages:
Russian, Turkish, Georgian, Chechen
Countries:
Russia, Kazakhstan
Runtime:
99 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (3284 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BodrovArif Aliev
Sergey Bodrov
Boris Giller
Based upon a short story by Leo Tolstoy, two Russian soldiers, Sacha and Vania, are ambushed by Muslim rebels in the grandly forbidding Caucasus and taken prisoner. Although complete understanding never fully emerges, their bittersweet ordeal reveals the human soul of two vastly different cultures.
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