''Attack on Leningrad'', or just ''Leningrad'', is a 2009

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

written and directed by Aleksandr Buravsky, set during the Siege of Leningrad.

Plot

In 1941

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invaded the

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and their troops besieged the city of

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. A group of foreign journalists are flown in for one day, but one of them, Kate Davis (

Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's '' Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). She also starred in the films ...

), is presumed dead and misses the flight out. Alone in the city, she is helped by Nina Tsvetkova (

Olga Sutulova Olga Aleksandrovna Sutulova (russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна Суту́лова; born 4 May 1980) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Olga Sutulova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Pe ...

), a young and idealist police officer, and together they fight for their own and other people's survival.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, and author. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's s ...

as Phillip Parker *

as Kate Davis * Aleksandr Abdulov as Chigasov * Vladimir Ilyin as Malinin * Mikhail Yefremov as Omelchenko * Mikhail Trukhin as Vernik * Yevgeni Sidikhin as Korneyev *

as Nina Tsvetkova *

Kirill Lavrov Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (russian: link=no, Кирилл Юрьевич Лавров; 15 September 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and director. Biography Childhood Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born on 15 ...

as Radio announcer *

Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a retired German film actor, painter and author, who also appeared in numerous English-language films since the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role i ...

as Field Marshal Von Leeb *

Alexander Beyer Alexander Beyer (born 24 June 1973) is a German actor. He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as Volker Schloendorff's ''The Legend of Rita'' (''Die Stille nach dem Schuss'', 1999), Leander Haußmann's ''Sun Alley'' ...

as Walter Hoesdorff *

Yevgeny Stychkin Yevgeny Alekseevich Stychkin (russian: Евге́ний Алексе́евич Сты́чкин; born 10 June 1974) is a Russian actor and director known for his roles in '' God Loves Caviar'' and ''Trotsky''. Biography Yevgeny Stychkin was born ...

as Kapitsa * Valentina Talyzina as Valentina * Ecki Hoffmann (Ekard Khoffman) as Adolf Hitler (Gitler)

References

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