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Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt

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.

Top Cast

  • Hanns Zischler

    Hanns Zischler

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Toni Lorentz

    Toni Lorentz

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Irmelin Krause

    Irmelin Krause

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Sabra Lopes

    Sabra Lopes

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Judith von Radetzky

    Judith von Radetzky

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Adelheid Kleineidam

    Adelheid Kleineidam

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Kornelia Boje

    Kornelia Boje

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Agnes Regan

    Agnes Regan

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

  • Golo Euler

    Golo Euler

    Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

Overview

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.

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