Directed by:
Nikita MikhalkovCinematography:
Vladislav OpelyantsComposer:
Eduard ArtemyevCast:
Sergey Makovetskiy, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Валентин Гафт, Aleksey Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov, Sergey Gazarov, Mikhail Efremov, Aleksey Gorbunov (more)Plots(1)
A loose remake of 12 Angry Men (1957), set in a Russian school in the war-torn republic of Chechnya. 12 jurors are struggling to decide the fate of a Chechen teenager who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. 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. Amidst the battle between Chechens and Russians outside, a stray bird (a touch of New Age cinema) is flying above the jurors' heads, alluding to tolerance. (Mongrel Media)
(more)Cast
![Sergey Makovetskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/294/158294306_6b24c1.jpg)
Sergey Makovetskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Tri bogatyrya na dalnikh beregakh (2012)
Les Trois Preux ou La Reine de Chamakhan (2010)
![Nikita Mikhalkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269803_4a1ef3.jpg)
Nikita Mikhalkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
![Sergey Garmash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/250/162250884_df3c1e.jpg)
Sergey Garmash
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
The Excursionist (2013)
![Валентин Гафт](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494712_2029e2.jpg)
Валентин Гафт
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Zdravstvuyte, ya vasha tyotya! (1975) (TV movie)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
The Garage (1979)
![Aleksey Petrenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281247_e3c87d.jpg)
Aleksey Petrenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Idiot (2003) (series)
King Lear (1970)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
![Yuriy Stoyanov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/877/163877264_cfcbcd.jpg)
Yuriy Stoyanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 (2007)
Cinderella (2012)
The Snow Queen (2012)
![Sergey Gazarov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/946/161946594_996a37.jpg)
Sergey Gazarov
Soviet Union
![Mikhail Efremov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386821_82e1f2.jpg)
Mikhail Efremov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 (2007)
9th Company (2005)
What Men Still Talk About (2011)
![Aleksey Gorbunov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494700_933cff.jpg)
Aleksey Gorbunov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
Mamy (2012)
12 (2007)
![Sergey Artsibashev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/275/162275802_099afa.jpg)
Sergey Artsibashev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
The Fool (2014)
![Viktor Verzhbitskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/870/161870205_4df70f.jpg)
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Admiral (2009) (series)
12 (2007)
![Roman Madyanov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/830/158830078_343acb.jpg)
Roman Madyanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tomorrow Was the War (1987)
12 (2007)
Po shchuchyemu veleniyu (2023)
![Aleksandr Adabashyan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/641/158641901_725e15.jpg)
Aleksandr Adabashyan
Soviet Union
![Apti Magamaev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/829/158829954_dcb4c9.jpg)
Apti Magamaev
Best movies:
12 (2007)
![Abdi Magamaev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/830/158830256_2faa66.jpg)
Abdi Magamaev
Best movies:
12 (2007)
![Natalya Surkova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/337/159337095_19521f.jpg)
Natalya Surkova
Soviet Union
![Konstantin Glushkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/967/161967641_63c247.jpg)
Konstantin Glushkov
Best movies:
12 (2007)
In a Tango Rhythm (2006) (series)
August. Eighth (2012)
![Игорь Верник](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/159/159159467_f07c11.jpg)
Игорь Верник
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mamy (2012)
12 (2007)
The Master and Margarita (2023)
![Sergey Kholmogorov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/992/161992759_fe72ab.jpg)
Sergey Kholmogorov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 (2007)
Demons (2014) (series)
Hooked on the Game (2009)
![Lyubov Rudneva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/246/162246316_5b9ed9.jpg)
Lyubov Rudneva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)
12 (2007)