Lord of War Lord of War Lord of War is a 2005 crime drama written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol, and co-produced by and starring Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, with the DVD following on January 17, 2006 and the Blu-ray Disc on July 27, 2006. Cage plays an illegal arms dealer, inspired by the stories of several real-life arms dealers and smugglers. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the arms trafficking by the international arms industry. In the early 1980s, Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage), the
Yuri Moroz (director) Yuri Moroz (director) Yuri Pavlovich Moroz (; September 29, 1956, Krasnodon, Voroshilovgrad Onlast) is a Soviet and Russian film director, actor, scriptwriter, producer. His father worked as an electrician at the Zasyadko mine, the mother of the surgeon. Year I studied in Donetsk vocational school. In 1975 he went to Moscow. In 1979 he graduated Moscow Art Theater School. He became an actor of the Lenkom Theatre. In the troupe of this theater, the actor worked until 1987. In the cinema, Yuri Moroz made his debut in the historical two-part film of Sergei Gerasimov's 'The Youth of Peter the Great'