Prisoner of the Mountains
★ 6.6 · 1996 · 99m · Drama · War
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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