Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
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Oleg Menshikov as Sacha Kostylin
Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Ivan (Vanya) Zhilin
Jemal Sikharulidze as Abdul-Murat
Susanna Mekhraliyeva as Dina
Aleksandr Bureyev as Hasan
Valentina Fedotova as Zhilin's Mother
Aleksei Zharkov as Maslov, the Russian Commander
Pavel Lebeshev as
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Sergei Bodrov Writer
Boris Giller Writer
Leo Tolstoy Story
Carolyn Cavallero Producer
Boris Giller Producer
Eduard Krapivsky Producer
Arif Aliev Writer
Olga Grinshpun Editor
Vera Kruglova Editor
Pavel Lebeshev Director of Photography
Sergei Bodrov Jr. Writer
Vera Romanova Costume Design
Irina Tretyakova Assistant Director
Sergei Naugolnykh Additional Director of Photography