Dr Mabuse

This is a film about the defense of the Brest Fortress in the opening days of operation Barbarossa: the Nazi invasion of Russia. It's a cooperative effort from both Belarus and Russia, and the people and events in the film are reportedly as close to history as possible. The Brest Fortress Museum participated in the film to advise on accuracy.

If you know history at all you already have a good idea of the film. This was an outpost on the very edge of the USSR where no one expected war to come to them, and it came. The movie is about the events and battles that occurred there when the invasion by the Germans began, the defense of the fortress, and what happened to all the soldiers and their families that lived there. The story is told through the eyes of young boy who lived and fought there. It's kind of like 'The Alamo' is in the US as to national remembrance of a battle in Russia/Belarus.

I recommend it. I really enjoyed this and it's a good film IMO. The events are really something, it's an amazing story. I was surprised at the production values being so high. Check it out if you get the chance.

If you have no other way to see it, the entire film is on Youtube with English subtitles, just click the CC button.

TGM

I am eagerly awaiting the porn remake.

Solid Snake

i thought it was a typo.....


on topic:
Looks interesting...

Dr Mabuse

Two tit joke posts...

This may well turn out to the busiest thread about a good film I've created yet!

Supermallet

Neither can I. It's going to be called "That Big Russian Vagina."

Dr Mabuse

Did you guys notice that the name of the fortress kind of looks like the word "breast"?

As in a tit(or boob) on a female human?

Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu....

islandclaws

This isn't a doc on the acclaimed director of "Gigli", Martin Brest?

Dr Mabuse

I'm afraid not.

Nor is it a doc about the breastfeeding support community at the 'mybrestfriend' website, or Paul Brest, the law professor at Stanford.

Groucho

Sounds really interesting. This is part of WW2 history that I know little about, so I'll have to seek this out.

Supermallet

There's a similar film about the Polish front, wish I could remember the name of it.

TGM

The Penis Bunker

Dr Mabuse

I've heard that mentioned about the Polish film somewhere before.

Can't remember where exactly.

Perkinsun Dzees

Supermallet

I found it. It's called "The Winter War." I only know about it because my sound editing professor in college did the sound for it. Check it out sometime.

Dr Mabuse

I just bookmarked it.

Looks interesting, I'll be checking it out.

Trout

The "The Winter War" was about the war between Finland and Russia.

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Supermallet

Finland, Poland, Russia, Germany, South Africa, whatever. I'm from the US of A, and the only geography I need to know is what states aren't connected to the mainland!

terrible chong

Cool. In Belarus, the Brest Fortress Memorial

Solid Snake

oooh....pretty girl following awkward small guy's lead...

arminius

This was an excellent movie about a war that most Americans know nothing about. Churchill was actually thinking about supporting the Finns which would have really been interesting as Germany was to support Finland against the reds during Barbarossa. It was the performance of the red army in this conflict that made hitler so confident about beating the red army.

Dr Mabuse

The Finns had a fella on their side who was hell on Nazis with a rifle.

He's widely credited as having the most kills of any sniper.

Solid Snake

details...or at least the name for me to wikipedia that...

TGM

thanks to "finnish sniper" on google I got

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com...imo-hayh/20951

JumpCutz

Finnish? We're just getting started!

boobies!

Dr Mabuse

Yeah it's Simo Hayha, didn't think anyone would be interested or I would have mentioned it.

He died in like '02 or '03, nearly made it to 100 years of age.