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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the First Chechen War (1994–1996), the Dagestan incursions (1999), the Second Chechen War (1999–2009), the Insurgency in Ingushetia (2009–2017), the Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) and the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus (2017–present).
To make the film more realistic, many of the Chechens are played by real Chechens, and the Russian soldiers are played by real soldiers, helicopter pilots, and contract intelligence officers. In addition, this is the first film about Chechnya that was, although partially, filmed on Chechen lands, in particular at a checkpoint at the entrance to ...
Several soldiers carry their comrade, who has been wounded in the leg. Two intelligence officers decide to stay and sacrifice themselves to halt the advancing terrorists. The main character, Kir, finds himself in a hospital, his leg amputated. He had gone to serve in Chechnya under contract in order to earn money to get married.
The film received positive reviews from critics, although some reviewers found it to be slow and difficult to sit through. Alexandra has an approval rating of 88% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 59 reviews, and an average rating of 7.49/10.The website's critical consensus states, "At once ethereal and tangible, Aleksandr Sokurov's humane Chechen War drama features a ...
During the First Russian-Chechen War, young Ivan Zhilin is conscripted into military service and finds himself in Chechnya alongside battle-hardened Sergeant Sasha and another soldier. Their armored vehicle is attacked by Chechens, resulting in one casualty and Ivan and Sasha being taken hostage to a mountain village, where they are imprisoned ...
The contract the defence ministry signed on Monday was with the Akhmat paramilitary group that has often been called the private army of Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechnya region.
Films about the First Chechen War (1994-1996) and the Second Chechen War (1999-2009). Pages in category "Chechen wars films" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Two Russian soldiers are instructed to call for help for the army column that fell under fire and left unattended. During the assignment, they take a prisoner of the Chechen youth Jamal. Apparently unadapted for the burdens of war, the young man evokes sympathy from the elder of the soldiers, Rubakhin.