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kiwi_2005
12-21-11, 03:52 PM
most likely mention here before, Fortress of War (Brestskaya krepost)

About the Russians defending the Brest fortress against the invading Germans in Belarus during WW2. Top movie up there with the best. Go rent it out this Christmas :yep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zain8Mz5SWg

I-25
12-21-11, 03:58 PM
good movie indeed
I'v seen it a few times:salute:

Jimbuna
12-21-11, 05:19 PM
Looks promising...thanks for the heads up :yeah:

http://www.thefilmpilgrim.com/reviews/fortress-of-war-dvd-review/5603

kiwi_2005
12-21-11, 07:35 PM
^ top movie Jim, one not to miss. I give it a personal rating of 9.5/10 :DL, it would of got a 10/10 but the first 23min is slow pace, then all hell breaks loose. Russians charging forward at the germans with meat clevers, bits of wood because they lacked weapons blew me away.

My favorite war film is Saving Private Ryan, Fortress of War sits right along side it. :up:

Jimbuna
12-21-11, 08:00 PM
If it was originally Russian made am I to presume it has been dubbed or are there English subtitles?

kiwi_2005
12-21-11, 08:13 PM
If it was originally Russian made am I to presume it has been dubbed or are there English subtitles?

English subtitles.

Jimbuna
12-22-11, 05:30 AM
English subtitles.

Rgr that....makes no difference, it's the visual that counts :sunny:

Penguin
12-22-11, 05:56 AM
Thanks for the tip, kiwi, looks like a good movie. It also sounds like they tried to be historical accurate.
The German wiki page states that nearly all characters, except for the narrator, are based on real people.


Rgr that....makes no difference, it's the visual that counts :sunny:
Oh, if you'd come from a country where billions of crimes against humanity were made by bad dubbing, you'd think different.
Sometimes even reading the German title of a movie feels like drinking cold puréed liver with broccoli juice... :dead:

antikristuseke
12-22-11, 05:58 AM
most likely mention here before, Fortress of War (Brestskaya krepost)

I wonder why they translated it like that, since the name in russian simply meanst the fortress of Brest, but oh well, will have to give it a look.

Penguin
12-22-11, 06:10 AM
I wonder why they translated it like that, since the name in russian simply meanst the fortress of Brest, but oh well, will have to give it a look.

Apparently they changed the title to "The Brest Fortress" - or maybe they use different titles for different English-speaking countries. So you might want to look for this title.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/The_Brest_Fortress.jpg


Of course the German translation is different: "Sturm auf Festung Brest" - storm on Brest Fortress...:roll: more dramatic names for the unwashed (Kraut) masses.