Attack on Leningrad
Attack on Leningrad, or just Leningrad, is a 2009 war film written and directed by Aleksandr Buravsky, set during the Siege of Leningrad.
Plot
In 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and their troops besieged the city of Leningrad. A group of foreign journalists are flown in for one day, but one of them, Kate Davis, is presumed dead and misses the flight out. Alone in the city, she is helped by Nina Tsvetkova, a young and idealist police officer, and together they fight for their own and other people's survival.Cast
- Gabriel Byrne as Phillip Parker
- Mira Sorvino as Kate Davis
- Aleksandr Abdulov as Chigasov
- Vladimir Ilyin as Malinin
- Mikhail Yefremov as Omelchenko
- Marat Basharov as Yura Krasko
- Mikhail Trukhin as Vernik
- Yevgeni Sidikhin as Korneyev
- Olga Sutulova as Nina Tsvetkova
- Kirill Lavrov as Radio announcer
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Field Marshal Von Leeb
- Alexander Beyer as Walter Hoesdorff
- Yevgeny Stychkin as Kapitsa
- Valentina Talyzina as Valentina
- Ecki Hoffmann as Adolf Hitler
Reception
Critical response
According to review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, it has a critic rating of 44% based on 250+ reviews.The film was nominated for the Warsaw Award at the 2007 Warsaw International Film Festival, and Best Cinematography at the 2008 Russian Guild of Cinematographers awards, but did not win either.