Al estallar la guerra en el Cáucaso, dos soldados rusos son heridos y hechos prisioneros por las fuerzas musulmanas: el novato Vania (Sergei Bodrov, Jr.) y el veterano Sasha (Oleg Menshikov). Ambos son conducidos a un pueblo de montaña por un viejo checheno que espera canjearlos por su hijo, que ha sido capturado por el ejército ruso. Adaptación del relato de Tolstoi "El prisionero del Cáucaso"(FILMAFFINITY)
Billy Hughes, una joven americana muda que trabaja en Rusia, presencia un brutal asesinato en un plató de cine. A partir de ese momento, se convierte en el objetivo de los asesinos; pero es que además tanto la policía como sus compatriotas ponen en duda su testimonio. No le queda entonces más remedio que aferrarse al único hombre que le ofrece ayuda, aunque no sepa muy bien si trata de salvarla o de asesinarla.
The ancient northern monastery has a guide Tatyana. Two former classmates seek her favors: medical student Ivan and young businessman Yves (that is, also Ivan). As a result of a fall from a balloon, the girl is in a coma. Only Ivan Voronov can deduce from this state if he is near. He decides to help his beloved by entering into intimacy with her. The nurse who discovered them reports to the police. Ivan was arrested as a "maniac", and the life of TANI is under threat again ... "
The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.
Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha tries several times to escape and to search for his father.
