| Description |
1 videodisc (1 hour, 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Orion classics |
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World films |
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World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.)
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Orion classics.
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| Note |
Based on the novella by Leo Tolstoy. |
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Originally released as motion picture in 1996. |
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Widescreen; Aspect ratio: 1.85:1. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Pavel Lebeshev; editor, Olga Grinshpun, Vera Kruglova, Alan Baril; music, Leonid Desyatnikov. |
| Cast |
Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr., Djemal Sikharulidze, Susanna Mekhralieva, Alexander Bureev, Valentina Fedotova, Alexei Jarkov. |
| Summary |
A Russian army patrol is ambushed by Caucasian rebels and two survivors are taken prisoner, by a local patriarch who is 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 precipitated. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
DVD (NTSC Region 1); Dolby digital, stereo surround. |
| Awards |
Cannes Critics Prize, 1996 and Oscar-nominated for Best foreign film. |
| Local Note |
nmlfrd Foreign Film |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
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In Russian with English, French, and Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Russia -- Drama.
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Prisoners of war -- Russia -- Drama.
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War films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Russian.
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| Added Author |
Aliev, Arif, 1960-
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Bodrov, Sergeĭ, 1948-
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Giller, Boris, 1956-
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Menʹshikov, Oleg, 1960-
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Bodrov, Sergeĭ, 1971-2002.
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Sikharulidze, Djemal.
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Mekhralieva, Susanna, 1983-
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Bureev, Aleksandr.
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Fedotova, Valentina.
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Zharkov, Alekseĭ, 1948-
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Kavkazskiĭ plennik.
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Moskovskai͡a kinostudii͡a "Mosfilʹm."
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Komitet Rossiĭskoĭ Federat͡sii po kinematografii.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| Added Title |
Prisoner of the mountains |
| ISBN |
0792856252 |
| Standard No. |
027616887498 |
| Music No. |
1004708 MGM Home Entertainment |
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