Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
(Kavkazskii Plennik)
Country: RUS/KAZ
Technical: col 99m
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Oleg Men'shikov, Sergei Bodrov Jnr, Susanna Mekhralieva, Dzhemal Sikharulidze
Synopsis:
During a conflict in the Caucasus two Russian soldiers are captured and held prisoner in a mountain village by a man whose son is in Russian hands. As they await a possible exchange, the younger of the prisoners learns something of the people he has been sent to kill.
Review:
This beautifully shot tale must have been controversial in its portrayal of the enemy as a dignified, hardworking people with a culture and morality far more intact than those of their antagonists. The film has an easiness of pace typical of films from muslim countries, focusing on gesture, the human face and the face of the landscape to produce a truth of universal appeal.
(Kavkazskii Plennik)
Country: RUS/KAZ
Technical: col 99m
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Oleg Men'shikov, Sergei Bodrov Jnr, Susanna Mekhralieva, Dzhemal Sikharulidze
Synopsis:
During a conflict in the Caucasus two Russian soldiers are captured and held prisoner in a mountain village by a man whose son is in Russian hands. As they await a possible exchange, the younger of the prisoners learns something of the people he has been sent to kill.
Review:
This beautifully shot tale must have been controversial in its portrayal of the enemy as a dignified, hardworking people with a culture and morality far more intact than those of their antagonists. The film has an easiness of pace typical of films from muslim countries, focusing on gesture, the human face and the face of the landscape to produce a truth of universal appeal.
(Kavkazskii Plennik)
Country: RUS/KAZ
Technical: col 99m
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Oleg Men'shikov, Sergei Bodrov Jnr, Susanna Mekhralieva, Dzhemal Sikharulidze
Synopsis:
During a conflict in the Caucasus two Russian soldiers are captured and held prisoner in a mountain village by a man whose son is in Russian hands. As they await a possible exchange, the younger of the prisoners learns something of the people he has been sent to kill.
Review:
This beautifully shot tale must have been controversial in its portrayal of the enemy as a dignified, hardworking people with a culture and morality far more intact than those of their antagonists. The film has an easiness of pace typical of films from muslim countries, focusing on gesture, the human face and the face of the landscape to produce a truth of universal appeal.