Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films War > Blockade
Blockade is a ukrainien film of genre War directed by Sergei Loznitsa

Blockade (2006)

Blockade
If you like this film, let us know!
Directed by
OriginUkraine
Genres War,    Documentary,    Historical
Rating73% 3.6811453.6811453.6811453.6811453.681145

Blockade is a 2006 documentary film by Sergei Loznitsa. The film was shot with no dialogue and consists of black and white footage shot during the Siege of Leningrad. It has a run time of 52 minutes.

'The documentary moves from initial depiction of military measures, and the marching of German prisoners of war through the hostile city streets, to the upheaval facing the city - the bombed out buildings and ice slicked streets -the increasingly horrific reality of wartime Leningrad - cloth wrapped bodies being dragged to mass graves upon sleds -'.

Synopsis

La ville de Leningrad et le blocus pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Pas de mots. Pas de musique. Seuls les sons et les images en noir et blanc d'une ville mourante.

Trailer of Blockade

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Blockade

There are 6 films with the same director, 16146 with the same cinematographic genres (including 106 with exactly the same 3 genres than Blockade), 8197 films with the same themes (including 442 films with the same 4 themes than Blockade), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Blockade, you will probably like those similar films :
In the Fog
In the Fog (2012)
, 2h10
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Yulia Peresild, Nadezhda Markina, Vlad Ivanov, Boris Kamorzine
Rating66% 3.345973.345973.345973.345973.34597
The film is an adaptation from Vasil’ Bykaw's short story. The action is set in 1942 on the territory of Belarus occupied by the German army. The Germans face strong resistance from the Partisans and hatred of local people. The Partisans suspect Sushenya, a track-walker, of collaboration with the Nazis because he was first arrested and then suddenly released after they had blown up a German train. Two of them capture Sushenya and lead him to the forest where they are going to shoot him as a traitor. They fall into a trap set by the Germans who severely wound one of the partisans. Sushenya attempts to save his executioner's life by carrying the wounded Partisan on his back to the nearest village. Nevertheless, Sushenya is under suspicion. He laments that he was a well-respected and trustworthy village resident, raising a family in peace, however the war changed that forever.
Maidan
Maidan (2014)
, 2h10
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Origin Ukraine
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating66% 3.303113.303113.303113.303113.30311
The follow explores and follows the protests and violence in Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) which lead to the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Target for Tonight
Target for Tonight (1941)
, 48minutes
Directed by Harry Watt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating62% 3.1443653.1443653.1443653.1443653.144365
Before the film, several text cards explain bombers and the Royal Air Force chain of command. The film begins with an observation aircraft flying over and dropping a box of undeveloped film. Bomber Command develops the film and analyzes the resulting photographs, which are presented for the audience to see. There has been a massive build-up by German forces in the subject area for the past few months. The film shows the planning of the mission, even detailing how the bomber wing chooses munitions for the task. The weather forecast is expected to be good and the pilots are briefed. The crew of "'F' for Freddie", the bomber that is the focal point of the film, suit up and take off. While over Germany, the crew bombs the target, dead on for one bomb but their aircraft is hit by flak from "faceless" anti-aircraft gunners. The radio operator is hit in the leg and Freddie is the last aircraft to return. Mist covers the water, prompting worry at the Command. Meanwhile, Freddie cannot climb after the flak hit. They are not losing altitude but are in a bad situation. Tension builds in the film until finally, 'F for Freddie' lands. No aircraft are lost and the mission is a complete success.
Prelude to War
Prelude to War (1942)
, 53minutes
Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston
Rating69% 3.489613.489613.489613.489613.48961
In an edit added to the film before public release, a comment by Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War at the time, was quoted to create trust with the audience, “the purpose of these films is to give factual information as to the causes, the events leading up to our entry into the war and the principles for which we are fighting.”
Speer and Hitler
Speer and Hitler (2005)
, 4h30
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Sebastien Koch, Tobias Moretti, Dagmar Manzel, André Hennicke, Michael Gwisdek, Wilfried Hochholdinger
Rating74% 3.73583.73583.73583.73583.7358
Une réévaluation du rôle joué par Albert Speer dans le Troisième Reich. Speer, qui a finalement été condamné aux procès de Nuremberg et a purgé une peine de 20 ans de prison, était connu pour avoir conçu de nombreux bâtiments du Troisième Reich et pour avoir été le ministre de la production de guerre d'Hitler.
The Sorrow and the Pity
The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
, 4h11
Directed by Marcel Ophuls
Origin France
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes French war films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Christian de La Mazière, Maurice Chevalier, Marcel Ophuls
Rating81% 4.091494.091494.091494.091494.09149
Part One of the film, The Collapse, has an extended interview with Pierre Mendès France. He was jailed by the Vichy government on charges of desertion, but escaped from jail to join Charles de Gaulle's forces operating out of England, and later served as Prime Minister of liberated France.
The Hitler Gang
The Hitler Gang (1944)
, 1h41
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Roman Bohnen, Martin Kosleck, Victor Varconi, Luis van Rooten, Walter Abel, Ivan Triesault
Rating66% 3.3190953.3190953.3190953.3190953.319095
In 1918 a young soldier called Adolf Hitler recovers from being gassed during World War I. At the behest of the German army, he joins German nationalistic parties, espousing theories that Germany lost the war because they were stabbed in the back. He rises to become dictator of Germany.
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
, 1h23
Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Anthony Veiller, Nikolai Cherkasov
Rating70% 3.5417653.5417653.5417653.5417653.541765
Ce film de propagande américain souligne le besoin d'une alliance russo-américaine contre les nazis.