Attack on Leningrad, or just Leningrad, is a 2009 war film written and directed by Aleksandr Buravsky, set during the Siege of Leningrad.
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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 (Mira Sorvino), is presumed dead and misses the flight out. Alone in the city, she is helped by Nina Tsvetkova (Olga Sutulova), a young and idealistic 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 (Ekard Khoffman) as Adolf Hitler (Gitler)
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 (Aleksandr Buravskiy) at the 2007 Warsaw International Film Festival, and Best Cinematography (Vladimir Klimov) at the 2008 Russian Guild of Cinematographers awards, but did not win either.