Fortress of War
2010 · TMDB 7.1 · Брестская крепость
Directed by Alexander Kott
The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Many years later veteran Alexander Akimov again recalls the memories of the time, when he, then a 15 year old Sasha Akimov was deeply in love with the beautiful Anya and suddenly found himself in the middle of the bloody events of war.
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The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissa...
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- Runtime
- 138 min
- Released
- 2010-11-04
- Studio
- TRO
- Country
- Belarus
- Language
- Russian
- TMDB score
- 7.1
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Alexander Kott
Director
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Vladimir Eryomin
Writer
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Konstantin Vorobyov
Writer
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Aleksei Dudaryov
Writer
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Igor Ugolnikov
Writer
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Andrey Merzlikin
лейтенант Кижеватов
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Pavel Derevyanko
Ефим Фомин
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Veronika Nikonova
Анна Кижеватова
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Evgeny Tsyganov
лейтенант Почерников
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Anna Tsukanova-Kott
Соня
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Aleksei Kopashov
Сашка Акимов
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Alexander Korshunov
Пётр Гаврилов