Fortress of War

Fortress of War

138 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Nov. 4, 2010

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.

Fortress of War

138 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Nov. 4, 2010

Fortress of War
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Central Partnership, TRO, Belarusfilm
Original title Брестская крепость
Directors Alexandr Kott
Writers Konstantin Vorobyov, Aleksey Dudarev, Vladimir Eryomin, Igor Ugolnikov

Cast

Andrey Merzlikin

as Lieutenant Kizhevatov

Pavel Derevyanko

as Yefim Fomin

Veronika Nikonova

as Anya Kizhevatova

Yevgeni Tsyganov

as Pochernikov

Aleksei Kopashov

as Sashka Akimov

Aleksandr Korshunov

as Gavrilov

Yana Esipovich

as Zhena Kizhevatova

Anatoly Kot

as Diversant

Madlen Dzhabrailova

as Zhena Gavrilova

Tatyana Kamina

as Shura Pochernikova

Mikhail Pavlik

as Vaynshteyn

Kirill Boltaev

as Vinogradov

Aleksandr Saptsov

as Leytenant Akimov

Maxim Kostromykin

as Kol'ka

Aleksey Dmitriev

as Nikolaev

John Bakhanbaev

as soldier

Dmitry Kulichkov

as Karelin, pilot

Evgeny Kharitonov

as Lieutenant Grigoryev

Garik Vepshkovsky

as Private Seregin

Segrey Tsepov

as captain Ivan Zubachev

Yuriy Anpilogov

as Koftun

Sergey Vlasov

as Kazalyonok

Aleksandr Sirin

as medic Maslov

Ilya Mozgovoy

as German officer

Benik Arakelyan

as Samvel Matevosyan

Evgeny Sangadzhiev

as gunner

Ivan Krasko

as narrator (voice)

Gennadiy Garbuk

as old Akimov

Rinat Ibragimov

as Konstantin

Igor Denisov

as German officer

Aleksandr Kuzmichyov

as railway station chief

Vasili Molodtsov

as lineman

Mikhail Evlanov

as Proskurin

Sergey Savenkov

as sniper

Denis Parshin

as medic

Egor Petrov

as Alik Bobkov