War

War (R)

Movie |

Hostage | Chechnya

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  • Genre(s): War, Drama
  • Language(s): Pусский (Russian)
  • Director(s): Aleksey Balabanov
  • Cast(s): Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Yuri Stepanov See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h
  • Music: Aleksandr Uman,Leva Bi-2,Maksim Belovolov
  • Award(s): Golden Eagle 2003 (Won)
    Golden Eagle 2003 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Balkan Line, Soldier Boy
  • Story:

    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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7.5/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story

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.

Ratings

7.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Golden Eagle Award

Best Sound | 2003

Best Actor Award

2002 | Aleksey

Golden Aries Award

Best Cinematography | 2002 | Sergey

Grand Prize of the Festival Award

FullLength Film | 2002 | Aleksey

Nika Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2003 | Sergei Bodrov

Nominations
Golden Eagle Award

Best Actor | 2003

Best Feature Film | 2003

Best Screenplay | 2003

Nika Award

Best Sound | 2003

Best Cinematographer | 2003

Best Director | 2003

Best Film | 2003 | Aleksey

White Square Award

Best Cinematography in a Feature Film | 2003 | Sergey

Golden Aries Award

Best Director | 2002 | Aleksey

Best Film | 2002

Best Supporting Actor | 2002

Best Supporting Actress | 2002

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

In 1999, a video was published on the Internet where two Chechen soldiers killed a Russian hostage soldier by cutting his throat. The moment of his agony was used as audio footage for the scene where one of the two hostages was beheaded.

The actors who played the two main Chechen characters are not Chechens: Giorgi Gurgulia (Aslan) is Georgian and Evklid Kyurdzidis (Ruslan) is Greek.

Aleksey Chadov's first movie role.

Popular Dialogues

"[last lines] Ivan: [voiceover] You know the rest. John made a film and became famous. I'm being prosecuted under Article 105 for killing civilians of the Russian Federation because I was already a civilian at that time. John told everything in the film - about the woman in the jeep, about the kid and the old man there, at Aslan's base. When did he have time to shoot it? He wrote a book as well - "My Life in Russia". He didn't come to the court case, of course. Gave evidence about me over there. But the brave Chechen shepherd Ruslan Shamayev came and told in detail how I tortured him, how I cynically slaughtered Chechen women and children. He lives in Moscow now. His son is studying at the Moscow University. Margaret never married John. It was back then that I gave the Captain all the money. He didn't want to take it but I knew what was going on in civilian life, so I gave him the money. His wife thanked me later, writing that they'd done several expensive operations. He's the only one who goes to bat for me. He's a good man. I don't think they'll put me away but who knows. Our Tobolsk dorks keep looking to Moscow. Now they listen to Putin speaking on the telly, then they are told about new legal reforms and this crap goes on. I still haven't seen that film. It'd be fun to watch it now."

"[first lines] Ivan: So, I'm Yermakov, Ivan and he's John, so we're, like, namesakes. So, I met him in the summer of 2001. It was the second month that I'd been in the village of Verkhniy Iskhoy at Aslan Gugayev's place. Back then none of us knew him. Just... His detachment is small. There were three of us there at the time: me, Fedka and a Jew, a commercial one. From Vladikavkaz, I think... Uh-huh. Called Semyon. Yeah, me and Fedka were sawing up wood when they brought them in on a truck. There were another two of our guys with them."

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