---
title: 'Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Bodrov'
released: '1996-03-15'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Kazakhstan'
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/prisoner-of-the-mountains-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116754/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)

1996 · 95 min · Drama, War · Kazakhstan, Russia

Original title: Кавказский пленник

## Synopsis

Prisoner of the Mountains, also known as Prisoner of the Caucasus, is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov, based on the 1872 short story The Prisoner in the Caucasus by Leo Tolstoy. The film explores the clash between traditional Chechen culture and Russian military tactics during the First Chechen War, focusing on the personal struggle between two Russian soldiers and their Chechen captors.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Bodrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bodrov)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergei Bodrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bodrov), [Arif Aliyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/arif-aliyev), [Boris Giller](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-giller)
- **Producer:** [Sergei Bodrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bodrov), [Boris Giller](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-giller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leonid Desyatnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-desyatnikov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pavel Lebeshev](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-lebeshev)

## Cast

- [Susanna Mekhraliyeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanna-mekhraliyeva) as Дина
- [Sergey Bodrov, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-bodrov-jr) as Ваня
- [Aleksei Zharkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-zharkov) as Маслов
- [Valentina Fedotova](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-fedotova) as мать
- [Oleg Menshikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-menshikov) as Саша
- [Jemal Sikharulidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/jemal-sikharulidze) as Абдул-Мурат

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