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.
Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt explores themes of world war ii, archive footage, historical event. A blend of Documentary and History, it is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Documentary, History, War, Drama
Runtime: 89 min
Director: Artem Demenok
Writers: Artem Demenok
Cast: Hanns Zischler, Toni Lorentz, Irmelin Krause, Sabra Lopes, Judith von Radetzky, Adelheid Kleineidam, Kornelia Boje, Agnes Regan, Golo Euler, Michael Noack, Natascha Bub, Gabriele Blum
Country: Germany
Language: German, Russian
Themes: world war ii, archive footage, historical event, war souvenir, historical drama, personal diary, war women, war trauma
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