Uprising (2001 film)

Uprising
File:Uprising (film).jpg DVD cover
Written by	Jon Avnet Paul Brickman
Directed by	Jon Avnet
Starring	Leelee Sobieski Hank Azaria David Schwimmer Jon Voight Donald Sutherland
Theme music composer	Maurice Jarre
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner
Cinematography	Denis Lenoir
Editor(s)	Sabrina Plisco
Running time	151 minutes
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original release	November 4, 2001

Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman. It was filmed in multiple locations, including Bratislava, Slovakia and Innsbruck in Tyrol, Austria.

The film's soundtrack was the last film score composed by Maurice Jarre, and prominently features the work of Max Bruch, including his Violin Concerto No. 1 during the opening sequence.

Plot

Polish Jews imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto rise up against the Nazi German army in 1943.

Cast

• Leelee Sobieski as Tosia Altman
• Hank Azaria as Mordechai Anielewicz
• David Schwimmer as Yitzhak "Antek" Zuckerman
• Jon Voight as Maj. Gen. Jürgen Stroop
• Donald Sutherland as Adam Czerniaków
• Stephen Moyer as Simcha "Kazik" Rotem
• Sadie Frost as Zivia Lubetkin
• Radha Mitchell as Mira Fuchrer
• Mili Avital as Devorah Baron
• Eric Lively as Arie Wilner
• Alexandra Holden as Frania Beatus
• John Ales as Marek Edelman
• Andy Nyman as Calel Wasser
• Nora Brickman as Clara Linder
• Jesper Christensen as Gen. Friedrich Krüger
• Cary Elwes as Dr. Fritz Hippler
• Palle Granditsky as Dr. Janusz Korczak

Alternate titles

The French title for the film is 1943, l'ultime révolte. The German title for the film is Uprising: Der Aufstand.

See also

• Mila 18
• List of Holocaust films
• Vladka Meed

External links

• Uprising at IMDb