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Fortress of War(Movie, 2010)

Original title: "Брестская крепость" (Russian/RU)
2h 18min | Genres: War, Drama, History, Action
Fortress of WarRating: 3.7/5 (with 6666 votes)
Fortress of War (Russian: Брестская крепость; translit. Brestskaia krepost; festival title: The Brest Fortress) is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film recounting the June 1941 defense of Brest Fortress against invading Wehrmacht forces in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Events are narrated from the perspective of 15-year-old Sasha Akimov, centering on three resistance zones holding out against the protracted German siege. The defending forces are led by regiment commander Major Pyotr Gavrilov (44th Rifle Regiment of the Red Army), with Regimental Commissar Yefim Fomin (84th Rifle Regiment of the Red Army), and the head of the 9th Frontier Outpost, Lieutenant Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. The film makers claim that the plot is as close as possible to historical fact, and that the Brest Fortress Museum supervised the plot thoroughly. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Fortress of War

Nika Award for The Best Work of The Artist Costume Nika Award for Best Picture Nika Award for Discovery of the Year Nika Award for The Best Work of The Artist Costume

About 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.

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Additional Information

Official websites:
brestkrepost-film.ru
Production countries: Belarus, Russia
Shot in: Brest, Pružany
Plays in: Brest Fortress
Made by: TRO
Original language: Russian (RU)
Spoken languages: Belarusian (BE), German (DE), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK)
Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 11/04/2010
Director: Alexander Kott
Screenwriter: Vladimir Yeryomin, Aliaksiej Dudaraŭ, Konstantin Vorobyov
Director of Photography: Vladimir Bashta
Composer: Yury Krasavin
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Fortaleza Brest"
"Brestskaya krepost"
"布列斯特要塞"
"Brestská pevnost"
"La bataille de Brest-Litovsk"
"Battle for Honor"
"The Brest Fortress"
"A bresti erőd"
"Brestskaya krepost"
Keywords: nazi, world war ii
Budget: 8,500,000 USD
Revenue: 4,404,729 USD (= 52%)

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