12
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
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
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Sergey Garmash
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)
Валентин Гафт
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Zdravstvuyte, ya vasha tyotya! (1975) (TV movie)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
The Garage (1979)
Aleksey Petrenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Idiot (2003) (series)
King Lear (1970)
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
Yuriy Stoyanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 (2007)
Cinderella (2012)
The Snow Queen (2012)
Sergey Gazarov
Soviet Union
Mikhail Efremov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 (2007)
9th Company (2005)
What Men Still Talk About (2011)
Aleksey Gorbunov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
Mamy (2012)
12 (2007)
Sergey Artsibashev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
The Fool (2014)
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Admiral (2009) (series)
12 (2007)
Roman Madyanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tomorrow Was the War (1987)
12 (2007)
Mummy (1999)
Aleksandr Adabashyan
Soviet Union
Apti Magamaev
Best movies:
12 (2007)
Abdi Magamaev
Best movies:
12 (2007)
Natalya Surkova
Soviet Union
Konstantin Glushkov
Best movies:
12 (2007)
In a Tango Rhythm (2006) (series)
August. Eighth (2012)
Игорь Верник
Soviet Union
Sergey Kholmogorov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 (2007)
Demons (2014) (series)
Hooked on the Game (2009)
Lyubov Rudneva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
12 (2007)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)