Bodrov's Prisoners of the Mountains

[Ben Rifkin]

Dear SEELANGers:

I have a question about Bodrov's film _Kavkazskii plennik_ (1996).  I know
that Bodrov has said that the film is not specifically about Chechnia, but
about ethnic wars in general, and that he has offered in evidence the fact
that the word "Chechnia" is not uttered in the film at all.  However, the
villagers in the film do speak a local (non-Slavic) language.  I was
wondering if anyone knew if that language had been identified.  I would be
very grateful for any information about this language!

With thanks,

Ben Rifkin



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