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War is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Aleksei Balabanov with Aleksey Chadov
War (2002)
Война
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Add to a movie listWar (Russian: Война, translit. Voyna) is a 2002 Russian film by Aleksei Balabanov about the realities of the Second Chechen War starring Aleksei Chadov and Ian Kelly.
Synopsis
The film begins with the main character Ivan Yermakov (Alexei Chadov) being interviewed, and as he begins his story the films cuts to the spring of 2000, during the Second Chechen War, shortly after the fall of Grozny. A Chechen warlord Aslan Gugayev (Giorgi Gurgulia) runs a camp next to a mountain aul in the Chechen highlands. Despite having secure income from his organized crime gangs in Moscow, Saint Peterburg and Samara as well as some legitimate business there, he takes joy in kidnapping, since that is more patriotic and militant than random crime. Both Ivan and his comrade Fyodka were enslaved after they were taken prisoners in early 2000. They are held captive with a Russian-Jewish businessman named Semyon from Vladikavkaz, who was being held for ransom.Actors
Aleksey Chadov
(Ivan)
Ian Kelly
(John)
Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
(Captain Medvedev)
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
(Margaret)
Vladimir Gostioukhine
(père d'Ivan)
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