Brestskaya krepost

"Surrender was not an option"

Nov 4 2010 Not Rated 2h 18m
Action, Drama, History

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Aleksey Dudarev, Vladimir Eryomin, Ekaterina Tirdatova

Directed by

Aleksandr Kott

Cast

Aleksey Kopashov, Pavel Derevyanko, Aleksandr Korshunov

Crew

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Production Countries

Belarus, Russia

Production Companies

TRO, Central Partnership, Belarusfilm

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

7 wins & 14 nominations total

Trailers
Fortress of War 2010 Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
10,780
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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