Sturm auf Festung Brest (2010)

A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.

Director:

Aleksandr Kott

Writers:

Aleksey Dudarev, Vladimir Eryomin

Stars:

Aleksey Kopashov, Andrey Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko

7 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksey Kopashov	...	Sashka Akimov (as Alyosha Kopashov)
Andrey Merzlikin	...	Kizhevatov
Pavel Derevyanko	...	Fomin
Aleksandr Korshunov	...	Gavrilov
Maksim Kostromykin	...	Kolka
Anna Tsukanova-Kott	...	Sonya (as Anna Tsukanova)
Sergey Tsepov	...	Zubachev
Benik Arakelyan	...	Matevosyan
Mikhail Pavlik	...	Vaynshteyn
Sergey Vlasov	...	Kavalyonak
Aleksandr Sirin	...	Maslov
Evgeniy Tsyganov	...	Pochernikov
Tatyana Kamina	...	Shura Pochernikova
Veranika Nikanava	...	Anya Kizhevatova
Yana Esipovich	...	Zhena Kizhevatova

Storyline

The film shows the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, which had taken upon the first strike of German fascist invaders on June 22 1941. Story describes the events of the first days of the defense. The film tells about 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 and 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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Plot Keywords:

heroic military | red army | fortress | border | commissar | 

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Taglines:

In 1941 the Nazis attacked the Russian fortress at Brest. Surrender was not an option.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

16

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Sasha/Sashka finds Anya hiding in the wrecked store, a German soldier with a light machine gun enters and Sasha shoots him with his pistol. The German is wearing short, laced ankle boots and British-style canvas anklets. These low boots were issued only to rear-area troops from mid-1940, not to front-line soldiers who continued to wear high marching boots until 1943.

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Connections

References Maxims Jugend (1935)

User Reviews

One of the best war movies I have ever seen

This movie is just... wow! Mind blowing... I was thinking at 'Letters from Iwo Jima' by Clint Eastwood - this is the only war movie that can compete with it in terms of intensity, the profile of drama, tragedy, poetry, heroism and historical realism. It's not the usual WW2 movie that can be seen at Hollywood, with big 'good' allied soldiers killing like a machine gun a lot of 'bad' enemies. It's a movie about a defeat, about a tragedy. Hope and death. Suffering. Love. And a lot of sacrifice. However, beside its strong moral and ethical weight, the movie really looks good: image, special effects (I suspect some CGG was involved), sound, music (which is simply wonderful) everything looks like in a Hollywood made movie. And, as far as I know, the historical truth was almost 100% respected. In short, this is a movie which is both educational and fun. For me it's a 10/10... I didn't knew that the new Russian wave can make such brilliant masterpieces!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Russia]

Country:

Belarus Russia

Language:

Russian Ukrainian Belarusian

Release Date:

4 November 2010 (Belarus)

Also Known As:

Sturm auf Festung Brest

Filming Locations:

Brest, Belarus

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,569,371

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belarusfilm, Central Partnership, TRO

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min 180 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1