Fortress of War
“Surrender was not an option”
2010•2h 18m•7.1•Released
WarDramaHistoryAction
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.
Director
Alexander Kott
Writer
Vladimir Eryomin, Konstantin Vorobyov, Aleksei Dudaryov
Budget
$9M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
Russian, German, French
Studio
TRO
Cast
Andrey Merzlikin
лейтенант Кижеватов
Pavel Derevyanko
Ефим Фомин
Veronika Nikonova
Анна Кижеватова
Evgeny Tsyganov
лейтенант Почерников
Anna Tsukanova-Kott
Соня
Aleksei Kopashov
Сашка Акимов
Alexander Korshunov
Пётр Гаврилов
Yana Esipovich
жена Кижеватова
Anatoly Kot
диверсант
Madlen Dzhabrailova
жена Гаврилова
Tatyana Kamina
Шура Почерникова
Mikhail Pavlik
лейтенант НКВД Вайнштейн
Kirill Boltaev
лейтенант Виноградов
Aleksandr Saptsov
лейтенант Андрей Акимов
Maxim Kostromykin
Колька
Production
Company
TRO
Company
Central Partnership
Company
Belarusfilm
Producer
Igor Ugolnikov
Producer
Vladimir Zametalin
Producer
Ruben Dishdishyan
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