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12

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 4, 2009

Summary: 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. (Sony Picture Classics)

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Runtime:	159 min
Rating:	Rated PG-13 for violent images, disturbing content, thematic material, brief sexual and drug references, and smoking.
Production:	Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
Genres:	Drama, Thriller, Crime, War
Country:	Russia
Languages:	Russian, Chechen

Director	Credit
Nikita Mikhalkov	Director

Writer	Credit
Aleksandr Novototsky	Writer
Nikita Mikhalkov	Writer
Vladimir Moiseyenko	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Apti Magamaev	The Boy
Sergei Makovetsky	Juror #1
Sergey Garmash	Juror #3

Cast	Credit
Abdi Magamayev	Little Chechen
Aleksandr Adabashyan	Bailiff
Aleksei Petrenko	Juror #5
Aleksey Gorbunov	Juror #9
Mikhail Efremov	Juror #8
Nikita Mikhalkov	Juror #2
Roman Madyanov	Juror #12
Sergei Artsybashev	Juror #10
Sergey Gazarov	Juror #7
Valentin Gaft	Juror #4
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	Juror #11
Yuriy Stoyanov	Juror #6

Producer	Credit
Aleksei Balashov	Executive Producer
Aleksei Karpushin	Line Producer
Leonid Vereschtchaguine	Producer
Nikita Mikhalkov	General Producer
Sergei Gurevich	Executive Producer
Yekaterina Yakovleva	Line Producer