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Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains (, Kavkazskiy plennik), also known as Prisoner of the Caucasus, is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov, based on the 1872 short story The Prisoner in the Caucasus by Leo Tolstoy. The film explores the clash between traditional Chechen culture and Russian military tactics during the First Chechen War, focusing on the personal struggle between two Russian soldiers and their Chechen captors.
Plot
During the First Russian-Chechen War, young Ivan Zhilin is conscripted into military service and finds himself in Chechnya alongside battle-hardened Sergeant Sasha and another soldier. Their tank is attacked by Chechens, resulting in one casualty and Ivan and Sasha being taken hostage to a mountain village, where they're imprisoned in a stable by village chief Abdul Murat. Abdul seeks to exchange them for his son held by the Russians, as previous ransom attempts failed.
Awards
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author | Arif Aliyev Boris Giller Sergei Bodrov |
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award | European Film Award for Best Screenwriter |
contentLocation | Russia |
director | Sergei Bodrov |
editor | Alan Baril Olga Grinshpun Vera Kruglova |
events | First Chechen War prisoner of war |
genre | drama political |
keywords | attack fly haunt kill military service mountain village village chief |
musicBy | Leonid Desyatnikov |
nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film International Submission to the Academy Awards |
producer | Boris Giller |
publisher | Orion Classics |
theme | war |