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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304520338
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6304520336
Label: M G M, Inc
Manufacturer: M G M, Inc
Publisher: M G M, Inc
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 57313
Studio: M G M, Inc
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1997
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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:  - Breaking stereotypes
This is a story of a young Russian soldier taken hostage by Chechen-father attempting to exchange him on own son arrested by the Federals (Russian Armu), it is all about a brutality and hope.
Hard to watch but this The Bodrows' movie breaks some stereotypes of events occurred.
Rating:  - Marvelous acting by Menshikov
It was hard to expect from any such a humanistic, unbiased movie of epic reach, given the history and blood weary relations in Caucasus. War movie that does not fall flat in combat scenes, landscape that does not sweeten the movie but enhances the story, complex dark relations not judged but honestly presented. Impossible to expect such a movie from Putin's Russia, check recent "9th Company" by Bondarchuk, which is identical to customary hi-tech Hollywood "patriotic" crap. Prisoner of the Mountains ... Read More
Rating: - Prisoner of the Mountain
This was an interesting film. The realism and the magnificence of the mountain scenery infused life into a fascinating glimpse of rural Islamic Afghanistan. I recommend it even if the viewer does not understand any Russian.
Rating: - Appreciation
Under the limited Russian titles available for us to purchase. This film echo's my wish for more Russian films to be made. A great example of being a supporter of indi films. High in character development under a low budget circumstance. The dialogues are genuine. The environment is captivating. An excellent anti-war film. Great price!
Rating: - Tovarich
I was rather confused about "The Prisoner of the Mountains" from the synopsis and reviews I read. I postponed ordering the DVD because of that. What I saw when I finally watched the movie was one of the most outstanding anti-war movies I have seen. I won't delve too far into the plot because what I watched took me by surprise and I wouldn't want to spoil that for anyone else.
The story is about two Russian soldiers who are captured in an ambush by Chetnyn rebels. A Chetnyn father ... Read More
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