Two 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.
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| Oleg Menshikov | ... | Sacha Kostylin | |
| Sergey Bodrov | ... | Ivan (Vanya) Zhilin | |
| Jemal Sikharulidze | ... | Abdul-Murat | |
| Susanna Mekhraliyeva | ... | Dina | |
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Aleksandr Bureyev | ... | Hasan |
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Valentina Fedotova | ... | Zhilin's Mother |
| Aleksey Zharkov | ... | Maslov, the Russian Commander | |
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T. Kibyev | ||
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Valeri Kostrin | ||
| Pavel Lebeshev | ... | (as P. Lebeshev) | |
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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. Written by Dawn M. Barclift
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Release Date:
31 January 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Prisoner of the Mountains See more »Filming Locations:
Richa, Dagestan, RussiaEdit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$89,992, 7 February 1997Gross USA:
$661,361, 30 March 1997Company Credits
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The film is an update of Leo Tolstoy's short story "The Prisoner of the Caucasus." See more »Goofs
After Sacha and Vanya escape and remove the shackles from their ankles, they begin running upstream. The scene cuts to a different angle, and they are running downstream. See more »Connections
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Prisoner of the Mountains is an excellent movie. Vanya a young recruit , and Sasha a veteran soldier in the Russian army are captured after an ambush by the Chechens. The Chechen leader keeps them to trade for his son who is captured by the Russians. Then a friendship develops between the Chechens, and the two Russians. I study Russian in college, and even though the subtitles aren't very accurate at times it still helps. The whole plot is just amazing. It shows the human side of soldiers. I definitly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't seen it.