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Saving Leningrad (2019)

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Original title
Спасти Ленинград
Directed by
Aleksey Kozlov
Genre
drama film, action film, war film, romance film, historical drama
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
12
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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It follows civilians and soldiers during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. A barge evacuating people from the city is bombed by German planes, leading to a disaster on Lake Ladoga.

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What happens

Saving Leningrad, also known as Battle of Leningrad (Russian: Спасти Ленинград) is a 2019 Russian war drama film written about the Road of Life, the tragedy of blood "barge 752", which took place on the night of September 16 to 17, 1941, at Lake Ladoga. During the evacuation of people from Leningrad, the barge was bombed by Nazi warplanes and went to the bottom, killing more than 1,000 people. At the same time, 460 people were killed in a barge towed by the gunship, "Selemdzha", which was carrying fuel and military supplies to Leningrad. Few were saved. The film takes place during the Eastern Front in World War II and focuses on the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad. The film was directed by Aleksey Kozlov, who co-wrote the screenplay and produced by Arkady Fateev. It stars Maria Melnikova as Nastya Tkachyova, Andrey Mironov-Udalov as cadet Kostya Gorelov, as well as Gela Meskhi, Anastasiya Melnikova in their debut cinematic roles. Saving Leningrad was released in the Russian Federation by Universal Pictures International on January 27, 2019, on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade in Saint Petersburg (Then, Leningrad). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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