Attack on Leningrad

Attack on Leningrad
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Directed by	Aleksandr Buravsky
Produced by	Aleksandr Buravsky Chris Curling Peter Doyle David Gamburg Andre Gromkovski Leo Zisman
Written by	Aleksandr Buravsky Chris Solimine
Starring	Gabriel Byrne Mira Sorvino Aleksandr Abdulov Vladimir Ilyin Mikhail Efremov Mikhail Trukhin Yevgeni Sidikhin Olga Sutulova Kirill Lavrov Armin Mueller-Stahl
Music by	Yuri Poteyenko
Cinematography	Vladimir Klimov
Edited by	Mariya Sergeyenkova
Release dates	September 19, 2009 (2009-09-19) (Oldenburg International Film Festival) January 21, 2010 (2010-01-21) (Russia)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United Kingdom Russia
Language	English German Russian

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. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davis (Mira Sorvino), is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetkova (Olga Sutulova) 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
• 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

External links

• Attack on Leningrad at IMDb