Movie·2009·2h 0m
Leningrad
Some fight. Others fall. All are heroes.
Country
Russia
Language
German
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The Story
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.
Written By
Chris Solimine
Producer
Aleksandr Buravskiy, Peter Doyle
Cinematography
Vladimir Klimov
Music
Yuriy Poteenko
Editor
M. Scott Smith
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
97 votes
// cast
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Philip Parker
Mira Sorvino
Kate Davis
Armin Mueller-Stahl
von Leeb
Alexander Beyer
Walter Hoesdorff
Christian Berkel
Vinkelmeyer
Eckehard Hoffmann
Adolf Hitler
Olga Sutulova
Nina Tsvetkova
Aleksandr Abdulov
Chigasov
Mikhail Efremov
Omelchenko
Vladimir Ilin
Malinin
Alyona Stebunova
Sonya Krasko
Sergey Koltakov
Zhdanov
Marat Basharov
Yura Krasko
Helen Lindsay
Pristsilla Devis
Evgeniy Stychkin
Kapitsa
Aleksandr Sirin
Mayor Osipov
Alexandr Ryazantsev
Pavel Derevyanko
Terekhin
// crew
Crew
Chris Solimine
Screenplay
Aleksandr Buravskiy
Producer, Director
Peter Doyle
Producer
David Gamburg
Producer
Yuriy Poteenko
Original Music Composer
Vladimir Klimov
Director of Photography
M. Scott Smith
Editor
Adrian Politowski
Executive Producer
Anna Sobinevskaya
Executive Producer
Michael Ryan
Executive Producer
Olga Maksimova
Executive Producer
Sergey Melkumov
Producer
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