105 minutos
Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security services. As this plan has failed, Pokrovsky assisted by some terrorists organizes a hostage taking in a Moscow circus (very similar to Moscow theater hostage crisis in real life) in order to return to Russia, acting as a saver of the hostages during negotiations. However, he fails to do so. The movie also depicts the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia as a place where an important Islamic militant hides, which was a common allegation by Russian authorities in real life around that time, and depicts destruction of a base of terrorists and allies of Pokrovsky in Qatar which might hint at the assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. Overall, the movie was widely considered propaganda.
Aleksey Makarov
Major Aleksei Smolin
Louise Lombard
Catherine Stone
Vyacheslav Razbegaev
Umar Tamiev
Egor Pazenko
Saulyus Boykis
Yuriy Tsurilo
Gen. Sergei Karpov
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Pokrovskiy
Ramil Sabitov
Khasan
Mariya Golubkina
Tatyana
Vladislav Abashin
journalist in press center
Andrey Lebedev
hostage
Linda Tabagari
Ira
John Amos
Admiral Melory
Orso Maria Guerrini
Italian Prime Minister
Pavel Remezov
Colonel
Konstantin Strelnikov
Survellance Team
Sergey Nilov
Journalist at airport
Aleksandr Karpov
Marchenko
Igor Meshcherin
Anti-terrorist HQs Officer
Viktor Manaev
Byelorussian Air Traflic controller
Aleksandr Ablyazov
Officer at the Radio Interception Center
Mikhail Babichev
Journalist in the Circus
Vadim Kolganov
Survellance Team
Vladislav Kopp
Anti-terrorist HQs Officer
Aleksandr Franskevich-Laye
Adviser of tho Prisident of US
Sergey Vidineev
General of the airborne troops
Valentin Varetskii
NATO HQs Officer
Anna Azarova
Journalist in the Circus
Lyubov Zaytseva
Journalist in press-center
Denis Kurochka
Anti-terrorist HQs Officer
Soso Jachvliani
Journalist at airport
Ekaterina Andreeva
Air hostess
Alina Polichuk
Girl in the circus (uncredited)
Oleg Evteev
Officer at the Space Communications Center
Marat Gudiev
Shakhid
Sergey Maslennikov
Clown
Sergei Lavrentyev
Journalist at airport