FORTRESS
OF WAR (THE BREST FORTRESS)
A war field remembrances in a 15 year
old boy point of view
ROLES
Sasha
Akimov
Sonya
Kolya
Andrey
Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov
Fortress of War other words Brest Fortress 2010 movie
directed by Alexander Kott, written by Igor Ugolnikov and Konstentin Vorobyor.
Movie is of Russian War, where Nazi’s invade on Soviet-Russia during World War
II. Movie resembles about 6 days in a place called Fortress. All 6 days people
in between firing and bombing. The six days date and time of the happenings is
given with the visuals and the visual is picturised in such a way, that it
makes the viewers feel as presented in that place with the characters in movie.
Movie is said as the best war movie till now.
The place got
surrounded by Nazi soldier and the place was under command by 3 groups under
the head of regiment commander Gavrilov,
the commissioner Yefim Fomin,
and Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Kolya a young boy in love with Sonya who’s
working in restaurant.
Story is plotted in
Sasha Akimov point of view and his background voice explaining about the
happening. He’s introduced with his trumpet in Brest Fortress City park in a
party. He often introduces himself as “student of Musical Platoon with the
333rd Regiment Akimov” with the officials in war field. Military getting the
news of Nazi’s entering the place, but not yet confirmed about it worried a
lot. Nazi soldiers entered the place wearing Russian military Uniforms the
night. Next day, Sasha and Anya seated at river bank fishing, the first bomb
got dropped. Nazi’s planes continuously dropped bombs all over the place.
Commissioner Fomin with
his group near the bridge. The Nazi soldier who caught people from hospitals
brought them on the bridge, standing behind them ordered commissioner to
surrender. Fomin lifting his hands up stepped forward as surrendering, at the
end of the moment saved people from them loosing just few amongst them and made
them to stay at the basement of the building. Having control over the place.
Nazi soldiers entering
the places surrounded all over. Sonya and Kolya were together, as of bomb both
got separated and Sonya got locked in the church room. Kolya entered the place
to get released her, soldiers got in and pushed Kolya from top and he became
unconscious.
First
fifteen minutes of the movie is what the introduction is, then the firing and
bombing happens till the end. Every soldiers proved their best to overcome it.
In the shoot out happened a boy crying looking at his dead mother. A injured
soldier fallen there, one of the Nazi soldier throwed a bomb and the injured
soldier to save the boys life took the
bomb and slept on it and it got burst. Like this many sacrified their life.
Sacha
with his trumpet looking for his brother and Anya in the war field. Gets into a
building, crossing through the dead bodies finds an military soldier with his
wife. He informs Sacha to move away from the place. Then they both started in
shooting Nazi soldiers, at last they both agreed for a suicide and officer shot
her wife and shot himself. Soldiers suffering from lack of food and water from
past five days. Sacha helped the soldiers in fetching the water for them.
Commander
Kizhevatov and his group was surrounded by Nazi soldiers and tankers. Waiting
for the right time to fire with lack of weapons. From other side Liutenant
Akimov, brother of Sacha started firing, the tankers were bursted and the force
charged against them. But Akimov was dead in the process and was buried in the
place.
The
third day of the war, Nazi’s informing everyone to surrender and live of fight
and die, come and surrender to free your life and build a new life. Kolya who
becomes unconscious, comes to conscious looking at Sonya getting hurted, to
make her escape he tried his best. But he couldn’t. At last the soldiers
informed Kolya to collected the badges from the dead Russian soldiers cap,
looking and Sonya dead body. Kolya released a bomb lock killing other soldiers,
he himself died.
Commander Gavrilov thinking his
daughter Anya is dead, Sacha informs she’s not dead I saw her coming towards
you. Sacha finally found her, in that place to save themselves they shot a Nazi
soldier and informed her to stay their he’ll be back. Brought water for the
soldiers.
Fifth
day at Midnight, soldiers trying to cross the bridge shoot out happens and many
got killed. Everyone getting wounded brought to doctor for treatment. Looking
at the people getting wounded, doctor commits suicide. Fomin informs his wife
to get surrendered as of many lives will get a chance to live. She moves with a
white kerchief tied to a stick and other ladies following at her. Sacha came
with Anya, Gavrilov informed her to
move from her with him. Infromed Sacha you can control them.
Sixth
day Germans dropped two kilograms bomb on the place. All the people were taken
under Nazi’s control. By that Commissioner Fomin was shot by 5 soldiers in the
place itself. Looking through his watch which was stopped, symbolizes that his
life also going to stop.
Lieutenant
Kizhevatov sending his soldiers out killed himself. Commander Gavrilov, till
his last breadth fired against the soldiers. Sacha has lost his hearing power
as of the bomb dropped on the day.
FORTRESS OF WAR, makes
us feel present in the war field.
“I’m dying but I won’t
surrender. Farewell, Motherland. 20.VII.41.”
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Found written on a wall in the fortress.
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