Bodrov's Prisoners of the Mountains

[Katerina P. King]

Stephen Jones, a Georgian expert at Mt. Holyoke says:

l am not sure what language the villagers were speaking, there are over
100 to choose from in the Caucasus.  The young girl's father, a Georgian
actor, was speaking Georgian, you are right. Whether that was deliberate -
to universalize the conflict in some way - l could not tell you.  Peter
Scotto has some interesting theories about the film, seeing it as
reflecting or paralleling a Homerian epic tradition


Stephen

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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Katerina P. King wrote:


> Stephen,
> would you be able to answer this question? I remember that one of the
> actors was Georgian, and spoke Georgian, while the others spoke some other
> language. Reply to me if you know the answer, and I'll post it to the
> group!
> Thanks,
> Katya