Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.
| Writing | Boris Giller | Writer |
| Writing | Leo Tolstoy | Story |
| Production | Carolyn Cavallero | Producer |
| Sound | Leonid Desyatnikov | Music |
| Production | Eduard Krapivsky | Producer |
| Writing | Sergei Bodrov | Writer |
| Production | Boris Giller | Producer |
| Writing | Sergei Bodrov Jr. | Writer |
| Writing | Arif Aliev | Writer |
| Camera | Pavel Lebeshev | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Sergei Bodrov | Director |
| Editing | Olga Grinshpun | Editor |
| Editing | Vera Kruglova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Romanova | Costume Design |
| Directing | Irina Tretyakova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Sergei Naugolnykh | Additional Director of Photography |
| Art | Valery Kostrin | Production Design |
| Sound | Ekaterina Popova-Evans | Sound Director |
