Summary:
A loose remake of 12 Angry Men, set in a Russian school. 12 jurors are struggling to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather who took the teenager to live with him in Moscow during the Chechen War in which teenager lost his parents. The jurors: a racist taxi-driver, a suspicious doctor, a vacillating TV producer, a Holocaust survivor, a flamboyant musician, a cemetery manager, and others represent the fragmented society of modern day Russia. A stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) is flying above the jurors' heads, alluding to tolerance.
| Runtime: | 159 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for violent images, disturbing content, thematic material, brief sexual and drug references, and smoking. |
| Production: | Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller, Crime, War |
| Country: | Russia |
| Languages: | Russian, Chechen |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Nikita Mikhalkov | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Aleksandr Novototsky | Writer |
| Nikita Mikhalkov | Writer |
| Vladimir Moiseyenko | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Apti Magamaev | The Boy |
| Sergei Makovetsky | Juror #1 |
| Sergey Garmash | Juror #3 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Abdi Magamayev | Little Chechen |
| Aleksandr Adabashyan | Bailiff |
| Aleksei Petrenko | Juror #5 |
| Aleksey Gorbunov | Juror #9 |
| Mikhail Efremov | Juror #8 |
| Nikita Mikhalkov | Juror #2 |
| Roman Madyanov | Juror #12 |
| Sergei Artsybashev | Juror #10 |
| Sergey Gazarov | Juror #7 |
| Valentin Gaft | Juror #4 |
| Viktor Verzhbitskiy | Juror #11 |
| Yuriy Stoyanov | Juror #6 |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Aleksei Balashov | Executive Producer |
| Aleksei Karpushin | Line Producer |
| Leonid Vereschtchaguine | Producer |
| Nikita Mikhalkov | General Producer |
| Sergei Gurevich | Executive Producer |
| Yekaterina Yakovleva | Line Producer |
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