Overview
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
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Setting
Set in Moscow
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Music
Music by Vyacheslav Butusov
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sergey Astakhov
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Aleksei BalabanovWriter
- Original title
- Война
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 14, 2002
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Russia
Production
Cast
Aleksey ChadovIvan
Ian KellyJohn
Ingeborga DapkūnaitėMargaret
Sergei Bodrov Jr.Captain Medvedev
Yuri StepanovAleksandr Matrosov
Evklid KyurdzidisRuslan
Vladimir GostyukhinIvan's Father
Irina Sokolova- Sergey Shemarkin
Viktoriya SmirnovaKatya
Aleksey AlekseevVladikavkaz soldier
Viktor Smirnov- Sergey Shemarkintranslator
- Irina Malinovskayanurse Zina
Mikhail Tarabukin
David McAllister- Steve Jamieson
- Peter Wickham
Aleksey Usoltsev
Elena Andreeva
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