Rent Battle of Leningrad (2019)

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1h 34min
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Synopsis:
Dunkirk meets titanic in this gripping true story about the barge 752' tragedy during WWII. September 1941. A barge evacuating people from sieged Leningrad, gets caught in a dramatic and violent storm. Terrified and fighting for life, the boat's 1,000 evacuees descend even further in to hell , when, instead of rescuers, the boat is targeted and attacked by Nazi war planes. 'Battle of Leningrad' is a charged look at the true violence and tragedy of World War II.
Actors:
Andrey Mironov-Udalov, Maria Melnikova, , , , Pavel Druzhinin, Igor Golovin, , Mariya Kapustinskaya, , Ivan Lyrchikov, Evgeniya Lyubimova, Mikhail Morozov, , , Natalya Tkachenko, Elena Zimina
Directors:
Aleksey Kozlov
Producers:
Aleksey Kozlov, Arkady Fateev
Writers:
Aleksey Kozlov
Aka:
Saving Leningrad / Spasti Leningrad
Studio:
Signature Entertainment
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama
Countries:
Russia
BBFC:
Release Date:
09/09/2019
Run Time:
94 minutes
Languages:
German Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour

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Confused and Confusing Amateurish Russian War Movie - Battle of Leningrad review by PV

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28/08/2022

This has been promoted as the Russian 'Titanic'? Seriously? Maybe a Poundland Titanic, I suppose...

This is a confused and confusing very unfocused and amateurish film indeed and with cardboard cutout characters - and if you cannot feel for the characters then why care what happens to them?

Some of this is German Nazis versus Russian soldiers on land. Then it is all about Leningrad women and children escaping the besieged city via leaky rafts which are then attacked by German planes. Lots of bangs and explosions does not a decent film make.

And when we have Germans on the screen, there are subtitles in English - but Russian viewers do not get subtitles or even dubbing. Nope, just some bloke in a studio speaking what various Nazis say into a microphone. This is he cheapo option - I saw in in the 90s on Polish and Czech TV, where a Czech bloke in a studio translated the English words of David Attenborough or whoever whose voice i could just hear in the background with animal noises. It is the low budget options; subtitles next; and dubbing the most expensive. It really does not work.

There are better films about the awful siege of Leningrad which causes mass starvation. Watch them - not this.

2 stars for the effort and decent war scenes.

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