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Prisoner Of The Mountains

1996, Movie, NR, 99 mins

Prisoner Of The Mountains: Review

PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS | KAVKAZSKY PLENNICK

Based on Tolstoy's novella Prisoner of the Caucasus, this Russian film has a bit of an identity crisis: The tone vacillates between hesitant, quasi sentimental comedy and something darker, eventually settling uncomfortably into conventional buddy-picture mode. A Russian patrol is ambushed by Chechen rebels, and two soldiers -- green recruit Vania and older officer Sacha -- are taken hostage by Abdoul-Mourat, a Chechen villager who wants to trade them for his son, who's bein... read more leave a comment