Fortress of War

Release Date: 2010-11-04

Overview: 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.

Rating: 7.234 / 10

Cast

Andrey Merzlikin

as лейтенант Кижеватов

Pavel Derevyanko

as Ефим Фомин

Veronika Nikonova

as Анна Кижеватова

Evgeny Tsyganov

as лейтенант Почерников

Anna Tsukanova-Kott

as Соня

Crew

Aleksandr Kott - Director
Vladimir Eryomin - Writer
Ruben Dishdishyan - Producer
Igor Ugolnikov - Producer
Vladimir Zametalin - Producer

Reviews

deepkino:

In his desperate quest to find his girlfriend lost in the war, a young trumpeter from the Brest Fortress orchestra must battle through hell. He actively participates in and survives the horrors of the...