Bodrov, Sergey, Bureyev, Aleksandr, Jr., Sergey Bodrov, Mekhraliyeva, Susanna, Menshikov, Oleg, Sikharulidze, Jemal	...	(Director)
Arif Aliyev, Sergey Bodrov	...	(Writer)
Oleg Menshikov	...	Sacha Kostylin
Sergey Bodrov Jr.	...	Ivan (Vanya) Zhilin
Jemal Sikharulidze	...	Abdul-Murat
Susanna Mekhraliyeva	...	Dina
Aleksandr Bureyev	...	Hasan
Valentina Fedotova	...	Zhilin's Mother
Aleksei Zharkov	...	Maslov, the Russian Commander
T. Kibyev	...
Valeri Kostrin	...
Pavel Lebeshev	...	(as P. Lebeshev)
Sergei Bodrov Jr.	...	Ivan (Vanya) Zhilin
Dzhemal Sikharulidze	...	Abdul-Murat
Leo Tolstoy	...	Story
Leonid Desyatnikov	...	Composer
Alan Baril	...	Editor
Olga Grinshpun	...	Editor
Vera Kruglova	...	Editor

Summary: A stunning, emotionally charged indictment of war, this OscarÂ(r) nominee* for Best ForeignLanguage Film is at once 'thoughtful, moving (Roger Ebert), potent, engrossing (Variety),and unexpectedly affecting (The Wall Street Journal)! Two Russian soldiersa fresh recruit named Vanya and a hardened veteran named Sachaare taken hostage by Chechen guerillas after a deadly ambush leaves all of their comrades dead. Their captor, a battle-weary village elder,wants to use them as a bartering tool to get back his own son, held prisoner by the Russian army. But when the trade goes sour and all trust is broken, Vanya and Sacha realize their hours are numbered and attempt to escape before they're forced to join their comrades in death. *1996