This is a story about the battle for a hospital building in Grozny (Chechnya) in January 1995 between Russian Army forces and Chechen rebels supported by Arabian mujahideen and international mercenaries. Although the story is fictional, most of the characters are based on real-life prototypes and events are the compilation of true events during the Grozny Siege in the First Chechen War.
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Aleksandr Baranov
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Aleksandr Makarov
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Dmitriy Nagiev
Dukuz Israpilov
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Sergey Rost
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Aleksandr Shekhtel
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Viktor Stepanov
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Ivan Ganzha
Ivan, kapitan
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Zed Korshoonoff
Chechen Rebel
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Roman Zhilkin
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Georgiy Antonov
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Yakov Petrov
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Anton Alekseev
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Aleksandr Nevzorov Director · Viktor Mikhalchenko Cinematographer Yury Pashigorev Production designer
First release March 23, 1998 · Produced in Russia · Languages Arabic, Chechen, Lithuanian, Russian
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Russia
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Russian
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Chechen · Lithuanian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 23, 1998
TV · First Channel
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