Fortress of War
Surrender was not an option
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$8500000
Revenue
$4404729
Runtime
138 min
Release Date
2010-11-04
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
168
Vote Average
7.226
Andrey Merzlikin
лейтенант Кижеватов
Pavel Derevyanko
Ефим Фомин
Veronika Nikonova
Анна Кижеватова
Yevgeni 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
Aleksey Dmitriev
Николаев
John Bakhanbaev
солдат
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Карелин, летчик
Evgeny Kharitonov
лейтенант Григорьев
Maxim Krechetov
Garik Vepshkovsky
рядовой Серёгин
Segrey Tsepov
капитан Иван Зубачев
Yuriy Anpilogov
Кофтун
Sergey Vlasov
Кавалёнок
Aleksandr Sirin
военврач Маслов
Ilya Mozgovoy
немецкий офицер
Benik Arakelyan
Самвел Матевосян
Evgeny Sangadzhiev
артиллерист
Ivan Krasko
читает закадровый текст, озвучка
Gennadiy Garbuk
Сашка Акимов в старости
Rinat Ibragimov
Константин
Igor Denisov
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Vasili Molodtsov
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Elena Dubrovskaya
медсестра
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Проскурин
Sergey Savenkov
снайпер
Denis Parshin
санитар
Egor Petrov
Алик Бобков
Maksim Litovchenko
Vladimir Kapustin
Nodari Dzhanelidze
Andrey Senkin
Evgeny Ivkovich
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