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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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.5/10 | |
Released: | January 31, 1997 | |
Runtime: | 99 min | |
Genres: | Drama War | |
Countries: | Kazakhstan Russian Federation | |
Companies: | Karavan | |
Cast: | Oleg Menshikov Sergey Bodrov Susanna Mekhraliyeva | |
Crew: | Sergei Bodrov Arif Aliev Boris Giller | |
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