Fortress of War

Fortress of War
Film poster
Directed by	Alexander Kott
Written by	Vladimir Yeryomin Aleksey Dudarev Konstantin Vorobyov Ekaterina Tirdatova
Produced by	Igor Ugolnikov Ruben Dishdishyan Vladimir Zametalin
Starring	Aleksey Kopashov Andrey Merzlikin Pavel Derevyanko Alexander Korshunov
Narrated by	Ivan I. Krasko
Cinematography	Vladimir Bashta
Edited by	Mariya Sergeenkova
Music by	Yury Krasavin
Production companies	Belarusfilm TRO Union Mosfilm
Distributed by	Central Partnership
Release date	June 22, 2010 (2010-06-22)
Running time	138 minutes
Countries	Belarus Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	253 million RUB
Box office	$4,569,371

Fortress of War (festival title: The Brest Fortress; Russian: Брестская крепость, romanized: Brestskaya krepost) is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film recounting the June 1941 defense of Brest Fortress against invading Wehrmacht forces in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.^[1][2] Events are narrated from the perspective of 15-year-old Sasha Akimov, centering on three resistance zones holding out against the protracted German siege. The defending forces are led by regiment commander Major Pyotr Gavrilov (44th Rifle Regiment of the Red Army), with Regimental Commissar Yefim Fomin (84th Rifle Regiment of the Red Army), and the head of the 9th Frontier Outpost, Lieutenant Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov.

The film makers claim that the plot is as close as possible to historical fact, and that the Brest Fortress Museum supervised the plot thoroughly.