Based on the novella Prisoner of the Caucasus by Leo Tolstoy. Videocassette release of the 1996 motion picture. Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr., Djemal Sikharulidze, Susanna Mekhralieva, Alexander Bureev, Valentina Fedotova, Alexei Jarkov.
Summary:
A pair of Russian soldiers are captured and taken prisoner by a Chechen father hoping to barter them for the release of his captured son. A bond of understanding develops between the soldiers and their captors, but it is broken when plans for their release go awry, and a chain of violence and retaliation is preciptitated.
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