Description
| 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.
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| Item Description: | Enhanced for widescreen TVs.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Originally released as motion picture in 1996.
Based on the novella by Leo Tolstoy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Format: | DVD; Region 1; Widescreen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital, stereo surround; NTSC. |
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| Audience: | MPAA Rating: Rated R, for some violence and language. |
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| Awards: | Winner, European Film Award, 1996 ; Winner, 5 Nika Awards, 1997 ; Winner, Audience Award, Cannes Film Festival, 1996. |
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| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Pavel Lebeshev ; editor, Olga Grinshpun, Vera Kruglova, Alan Baril ; music, Leonid Desyatnikov. |
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| ISBN: | 0792856252
9780792856252 |
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| Participant or Performer: | Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr., Djemal Sikharulidze, Susanna Mekhralieva, Alexander Bureev, Valentina Fedotova, Alexei Jarkov. |
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| Language: | Closed-captioned.
In Russian with English, French, and Spanish subtitles. |
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| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | "Licensed for private home exhibition only."--Container. |
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