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12 (2007)
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Overview
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Rated PG-13 | Length 159 minutes
Actors
Сергей Маковецкий | Nikita Mikhalkov | Sergey Garmash | Valentin Gaft | Aleksey Petrenko | Yuriy Stoyanov | Sergey Gazarov | Mikhail Efremov | Aleksey Gorbunov | Sergei Artsybashev | Viktor Verzhbitskiy | Roman Madyanov | Aleksandr Adabashyan | Apti Magamaev | Abdi Magamayev | Natalya Surkova | Konstantin Glushkov | Vladimir Nefyodov | Vyacheslav Gilinov | Lyubov Rudneva | Olga Khokhlova | Igor Vernik | Vladimir Komarov | Lasha Marykhuba | Ferit Myazitov | Abdulbasyr Gitinov | Mikael Bazorkin | Mesedo Salimova | Soslan Sanakoyev | Alan Tsopanov | Gennadi Ternovsky | Andrei Sukharev