The film is simple, powerful and convincing. Two Russian soldiers (Oleg Menshikov and Sergei Bodrov Jr.) are captured by a Chechen father (Dzhemal Sikharulidze) determined to exchange them for his son, but the prisoners escape.
Prisoner Of The Mountains is an off-centre war story that concentrates less on the horror of conflict than the humanity, even across cultural and national divides, and successfully sustains interest. The film was awarded a Crystal Globe at the 1996 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and the same year was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Prisoner Of The Mountains is an off-centre war story that concentrates less on the horror of conflict than the humanity, even across cultural and national divides, and successfully sustains interest. The film was awarded a Crystal Globe at the 1996 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and the same year was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.