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Fortress of War

2010-11-04 · 138 min · ★ 7.1

War · Drama · History · Action

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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Directors
Alexander Kott
Production companies
TRO, Central Partnership, Belarusfilm
Countries
Belarus, Russia
Status
Released
Budget
USD 8,500,000
Revenue
USD 4,404,729

Top Cast

Andrey MerzlikinAndrey Merzlikinлейтенант Кижеватов
Pavel DerevyankoPavel DerevyankoЕфим Фомин
Veronika NikonovaVeronika NikonovaАнна Кижеватова
Evgeny TsyganovEvgeny Tsyganovлейтенант Почерников
Anna Tsukanova-KottAnna Tsukanova-KottСоня
Aleksei KopashovAleksei KopashovСашка Акимов
Alexander KorshunovAlexander KorshunovПётр Гаврилов
Yana EsipovichYana Esipovichжена Кижеватова
Anatoly KotAnatoly Kotдиверсант
Madlen DzhabrailovaMadlen Dzhabrailovaжена Гаврилова
Tatyana KaminaШура Почерникова
Mikhail PavlikMikhail Pavlikлейтенант НКВД Вайнштейн
Kirill BoltaevKirill Boltaevлейтенант Виноградов
Aleksandr Saptsovлейтенант Андрей Акимов
Maxim KostromykinMaxim KostromykinКолька
Aleksey DmitrievAleksey DmitrievНиколаев
John BakhanbaevJohn Bakhanbaevсолдат
Dmitriy KulichkovDmitriy KulichkovКарелин, летчик
Evgeny KharitonovEvgeny Kharitonovлейтенант Григорьев
Maxim KrechetovMaxim Krechetov

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