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A soaring, action-packed journey of heroism and sacrifice as one crusading journalist desperately fights to uncover the horrors buried within the infamous Nazi siege of Leningrad in the savage winter of 1941. At the height of World War II, journalist Kate Davis becomes trapped within the devastated city of Leningrad. Seperated from her lover, American writer Philip Parker, Kate is rescued by Nina Tsvetkova, a member of the Leningrad militia who provides refuge for those escaping those horrors of war that have come so close to home. With the enemy's grip closing ever tighter on the war-ravaged city, stray bullets and catastrophic bombing raids a daily peril, this makeshift band of survivors must battle to stay alive and fight for the ultimate prize: their freedom. An epic story, inspired by true events, featuring an acclaimed, award-winning cast, this is the tale of the tragedy that befell Leningrad: at over 800 days, it was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history. Special Features: Heroes Under Seige - go behind the challenging production of this intricate, stunningly detailed and epic recreation of one of history's most infamous and gripping conflicts. An Epic Vision - an exclusive interview with the director on how he brought the impact of WWII's most devastating seige to life.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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The plot was great, the special effects were good, the acting was good. The whole thing was let down by the post production. Much of the movie takes place outside and in the snow. Whoever decided to make the sub titles white wasn't thinking. Several scenes were completely wasted on me because I don't speak Russian and the sub titles disappeared into the background.
41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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There are plenty of action scenes in this film about the siege of Leningrad (rather than 'the attack on'), but it frequently slows down into strange dialogues delivered by a bewildering number of people. The role of some of these characters in the whole, is not always obvious. The almost unreadable sub-titles certainly don't help to define what they are going on about, and I also seem to detect some dodgy dubbing, notably on the main character 'Kate Davis' who appears to be speaking in a rather lifeless voice.
The film delivers a chilling portrayal of a city under siege and there are strong scenes of life - and death - in the cold, windy streets. Many of these scenes seem to have been re-created from period documentaries. However, for some strange reason all German bombing raids appear to be carried out by Messerschmitt 109 fighters, visibly carrying no bombs! Since these scenes are computer animated anyway, one should think it would not have been to difficult to show Luftwaffe bomber aircraft instead. At least it would have been more authentic. The characters also look remarkably healthy throughout, even if starvation is a big issue and actually took several hundred thousand lives in Leningrad during the siege.
It is not a bad war film as such, but I found it strangely uninvolving.
The film delivers a chilling portrayal of a city under siege and there are strong scenes of life - and death - in the cold, windy streets. Many of these scenes seem to have been re-created from period documentaries. However, for some strange reason all German bombing raids appear to be carried out by Messerschmitt 109 fighters, visibly carrying no bombs! Since these scenes are computer animated anyway, one should think it would not have been to difficult to show Luftwaffe bomber aircraft instead. At least it would have been more authentic. The characters also look remarkably healthy throughout, even if starvation is a big issue and actually took several hundred thousand lives in Leningrad during the siege.
It is not a bad war film as such, but I found it strangely uninvolving.
33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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There is a split around this film with reviewers and I can see why, I initially felt this film was plodding a bit too slow, but it does try to deal with what was one of the worst sieges in modern history, in terms of the human casualties. Then it gets things historically wrong, such as using Mescherscmitt ME 109's to carry out the bombing (without bombs in the under carriage) which is just rubbish and was done using CGI so they could have done a real bomber. The characcters do lack real development, but there are some good performances, ostensibly by the children and everyone does look too well fed, but it might be asking a bit much of 'extras' to go without food for 6 months just for arts sake.
They did finally deal with the alleged canibalism and also the activities of the NKVD, but it did feel a little too revisionist with feigns at the emotional heart tug scenario, which just failed to come off - Schindlers List this most certainly is not. That said one of the reviewers here has said that 'Enemy at the gates' is a betteer film, I beg to differ as it has that talentless clothes horse Jude Law ruining an above adequate plot and is so historically inaccurate that it could have been written by the Polit Bureaus propaganda department. If you want a good real Russian WWII film try 'Star'.
They did finally deal with the alleged canibalism and also the activities of the NKVD, but it did feel a little too revisionist with feigns at the emotional heart tug scenario, which just failed to come off - Schindlers List this most certainly is not. That said one of the reviewers here has said that 'Enemy at the gates' is a betteer film, I beg to differ as it has that talentless clothes horse Jude Law ruining an above adequate plot and is so historically inaccurate that it could have been written by the Polit Bureaus propaganda department. If you want a good real Russian WWII film try 'Star'.
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One big problem for film makers, is creating a narrative about such a momentous event as this siege. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Boring movie with bad acting
I was really disapointed at this movie. I suspected that it wouldn't be the greatest of movies since it didn't have any positive reviews on the cover (or on the back), but I hoped... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jan Pettersson
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I thought this film was rather poor. I'm very interested in WWII films, particularly those based on true events. Read more
Published 3 months ago by PC**Reviewer
Very moving, a superb film.
Attack On Leningrad is a very poigniant, and moving film (even more so when you realise that it is based on a true story) depicting the struggle to survive against all the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. R. Hirst
Some spectacular moments at the mercy of an uninvolving script
Leningrad has got a raw deal from war movies in the past, partially because Stalin wasn't particularly fond of the city to begin with and didn't want people to be reminded of the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Trevor Willsmer
A successful movie
I have spent a very long time trying to find a decent war movie, and before I found this movie I wasn't having much luck. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. Game
Attack on Leningrad
I bought this DVD purely 'on spec' as a result of a long interest in the Russian Front. Basically I buy anything connected with that subject which looks even vaguely interesting... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Peter Harris
Has the film been cut for Western Europe?
It looks like the film has been cut for release in Western Europe as some scenes in the extras did not appear in the film. Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. R. Holroyd-Doveton
Very Moving Drama
THIS IS A VERY MOVING DRAMA. it tells the story well; about the seige and the subsequent starvation and killing of 1.5 million people . Read more
Published 14 months ago by Anthony Brown
Get a real war film instead
I give this film 2 stars for the input from the Russians involved in the production. Everything else is just wrong, from the wooden lead performances, down to the CGI German... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. P. Johnson
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