Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
Kavkazskiy plennik
An extraordinary story of hope, courage and humanity.
99 min
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.
- Release date
- March 15, 1996
- Country of origin
- Kazakhstan, Russia
- Music
- Leonid Desyatnikov
- Box office
- $890,078
Where to watch
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Cast
- Oleg Menshikov as Sacha Kostylin
- Sergey Bodrov as Ivan (Vanya) Zhilin
- Jemal Sikharulidze as Abdul-Murat
- Susanna Mekhraliyeva as Dina
- Aleksandr Bureyev as Hasan
- Valentina Fedotova as Zhilin's Mother
- Aleksey Zharkov as Maslov, the Russian Commander
- Pavel Lebeshev
- Valeri Kostrin
- T. Kibyev
Crew
- Sergei Bodrov · Director
- Arif Aliev · Writer
- Sergei Bodrov · Writer
- Boris Giller · Writer
- Sergei Bodrov · Producer
- Carolyn Cavallero · Producer
- Boris Giller · Producer
- Eduard Krapivsky · Producer
- Leonid Desyatnikov · Composer
- Pavel Lebeshev · Cinematographer
- Alan Baril · Editor
- Olga Grinshpun · Editor
- Vera Kruglova · Editor
- Valeri Kostrin · Production designer