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Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt

2024-01-09
7.8
de 89m
DocumentaryHistoryWarDrama
It was one of the great crimes of the Second World War: from 1941 to 1944, a total of 872 days, the siege and starvation of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht on Hitler's orders lasted. Over a million people fell victim to the blockade, most of them dying of hunger. Countless of these starving people wrote diaries with the last of their strength, and cameramen filmed in the paralyzed city. Evidence from the hell of the siege, many of the film recordings, but above all the written memories on which this documentary on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation is based, remained under lock and key after the war. The voices of those who had suffered through this terrible time should not be heard by anyone, because they did not fit the pathos of the Leningrad heroic song that was officially sung. Most of the recordings come from women. The writers feared neither the enemy nor the Communist Party or Stalin, who often proved incompetent in providing for the population.

Director

Artem Demenok

Writer

Artem Demenok

Producer

Andreas Christoph Schmidt

Editor

Sergej Range

Director of Photography

Oleg Stinski

Commissioning Editor

Dagmar Mielke

world war ii archive footage historical event war souvenir historical drama personal diary war women war trauma old footage war buddies the siege of leningrad war documentary testimony historical documentary

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • Schmidt & Paetzel Fernsehfilme
  • NDR
  • RBB
  • ARTE