RU-P004-1996

Prisoner of the Mountains -- LOCATED IN I.A.S. OFFICE

Video

VHS

International Studies

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Based on Leo Tolstoy's classic tale of hope, courage and humanity, this "beautiful and intriguing" film follows the spellbinding journey of two Russan POWs held captive in the forbidding and magnificent Caucasus Mountains. Winner of the 1996 Cannes Criics prize and Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Film, POTM is "a testament to the humanity of man and the inhumanity of war". When a Russian army patrol is ambushed by Caucasian rebels, two survivors, Sacha and Vania, are taken prisoner by a local patriarch, who hopes to exchange them for his son's release from a Russian jail. Bound by their hatred of the enemy, Sach, an embittered veteran, and Vania, a naive young recruit, are soon entranced by the rugged beauty of the mountains and the quiet compassion of their captor's daughter. But when their swap for freedom is sabotaged by Russian distrust, and the villagers begin to plot their deaths, Sacha and Vania must face the futility of war, the tragedy of intolerance--and the threat of prejudice. Director: Sergei Bodrov. Actors: Oleg Menshkov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr. . Color. Country: Russia. Subtitled. (I.A.S. now located in Old McMillan 254.)