During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Aleksey ChadovIvan | Ivan |
 Ian KellyJohn | John |
 Ingeborga DapkūnaitėMargaret | Margaret |
 Sergei Bodrov Jr.Captain Medvedev | Captain Medvedev |
 Yuri StepanovAleksandr Matrosov | Aleksandr Matrosov |
 Evklid KyurdzidisRuslan | Ruslan |
 Vladimir GostyukhinIvan's Father | Ivan's Father |
 Irina SokolovaNot listed | Not listed |
| SSergey ShemarkinNot listed | Not listed |
 Viktoriya SmirnovaKatya | Katya |
 Aleksey AlekseevVladikavkaz soldier | Vladikavkaz soldier |
 Viktor SmirnovNot listed | Not listed |
| SSergey Shemarkintranslator | translator |
| IIrina Malinovskayanurse Zina | nurse Zina |
 Mikhail TarabukinNot listed | Not listed |
 David McAllisterNot listed | Not listed |
| SSteve JamiesonNot listed | Not listed |
| PPeter WickhamNot listed | Not listed |
 Aleksey UsoltsevNot listed | Not listed |
 Elena AndreevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Andrey GulnevNot listed | Not listed |
 Evdokiya ZamakhinaNot listed | Not listed |
| RRoza BayzulayevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Yelena MetyolkinaNot listed | Not listed |
| TTimur IbraimovNot listed | Not listed |