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Prisoner of the Mountains
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792856252
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792856252
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: Russian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1004708
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 01, 2003
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1997
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Editorial Review:
Two Russian soldiers - a fresh recruit named Vanya and a hardened veteran named Sacha - are taken hostage by Chechen guerillas after a deadly ambush leaves all of their comrades dead. Their captor a battle-weary village elder wants to use them as a bartering tool to get back his own son held prisoner by the Russian army. But when the trade goes sour and all trust is broken Vanya and Sacha realize their hours are numbered and attempt to escape before they're forced to join their comrades in death.System Requirements:Starring: Sergei Bodrov Jr. Susanna Mekhralieva Oleg Menshikov Djemal Sikharulidze Directed By: Sergei Bodrov Running Time: 99 Min. Color Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 027616887498 Manufacturer No: 1004708
There's a beautiful irony in the way that the most specific war tales are often the most universal. Set high in the imposing, isolated Caucasus mountains, where the 20th century meets ancient lifestyles, Sergei Bodrov's drama of the Chechyn war finds two opposing cultures locked in conflict for so long that the reasons seem moot. Young Russian grunt Vanya (Sergei Bodrov Jr., the director's son) and his jaded veteran Sergeant (Burnt by the Sun's Oleg Menshikov) survive an ambush by Chechyn guerrillas and wind up hostages of a village elder, a war-weary widower who has lost almost everything to fighting and wants merely to swap them for his POW son. Bodrov's humanism is directed with empathy and stirred with harsh realism--he takes no sides and offers no fantasies of happy endings, only small miracles of kindness that refuse to be swallowed in the destruction and mistrust. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Tragic and Triumpante Forgien Film!
This was truely a good film.
WARNING POSSIBLE SPOILERS
It's a tale about Russia being at war with Chechnya. There are two solders involved, Sasha (Oleg Menshikov, from "Burnt by the Sun", which I hope to God I never see), a very Chechnyan hating solder, and Vanya(Sergei Bodrov Jr, God rest his soul), a younger naive, yet more openminded solder. They both get captured by the Chechnyans, after their platoon has been killed.
It so happens that the Chechnyan ... Read More
Rating:  - Compelling view of the Russian war in Chechnya during the 90s
Two Russian soldiers, a seasoned sergeant and a raw recruit, are captured in an ambush by Chechen separatists during the war in Chechnya in the 90s. The leader of the guerrillas wants the captives to exchange for his son who is being held by the Russians. The captives are taken to a small village high in the mountains where they are chained to each other to prevent their escape. Initially the battle-hardened, cynical sergeant has little time for the youngster, and they almost come to blows several ... Read More
Rating: - An unlikely war film
I first saw this film in the spring of 2001 in my Modern Russian Culture class and enjoyed it, so it was a pleasure to finally revisit it so many years later, particularly since it stars two of the best Russian actors in recent times, Oleg Menshikov and Sergey Bodrov, Jr. (who would star together again three years later in 'East-West'). Though it's never explicitly spelled out, we know that this is set during the disastrous Chechen conflict and takes place in Chechnya. People used to American war movies ... Read More
Rating:  - Good movie, horrible sound track
I liked this movie, but the soundtrack was horrible. Very loud and soft. Had the volume at "59" on my sound scale a number of times. The acting and the plot were memorable. The scenery brings the rugged countryside to life. Oleg Menshikov was excellent as always. All the actors were perfect in their roles.
Rating: - Hey look! A war movie I like!
Like many of the other reviewers, I went into the movie thinking it would be about the horrors of war. But it was much more than that. It was a story about prejudices and how they can exacerbate already terrible situations. It was remarkable to see the interactions between the Chechens and their Russian prisoner. On a human level, they were so similar. In another life, they could have been friends. But in that moment, they were enemies, and no matter how comfortable each were acting, you could tell they never ... Read More
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