Prisoner of the Mountains . Tucson Weekly . 03-27-97

Prisoner of the Mountains

DIRECTED BY: Sergei Bodrov

REVIEWED: 03-27-97

A really good Russian film about a pair of soldiers captured by mountain people (who are sort of a warlike, Eastern European version of the Amish), Prisoner of the Mountain deserves its Academy Award nomination for best foreign film. Hokey, out-of-date production values combined with a story that's moving without being manipulative, Prisoner of the Mountain bears a rough relation to American films from the 1970s. Not only does one of the leads have a center part and blown-dried hair, but the general understatement and attention to detail recalls the days before bad soundtracks dictated the entire emotional tenor of movies.

--Stacey Richter

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