---
title: 'The Brest Fortress (2010)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Kott'
released: '2010-06-22'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Belarus'
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-brest-fortress-2010'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343703/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Brest Fortress (2010)

2010 · 140 min · Drama, Action, War, History · Belarus, Russia

Original title: Брестская крепость

## Synopsis

Fortress of War is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film recounting the June 1941 defense of Brest Fortress against invading Wehrmacht forces in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Events are narrated from the perspective of 12-year-old Sasha Akimov, centering on three resistance zones holding out against the protracted German siege. The defending forces are led by regiment commander Major Pyotr Gavrilov, with Regimental Commissar Yefim Fomin, and the head of the 9th Frontier Outpost, Lieutenant Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Kott](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kott)
- **Screenplay:** [Aliaksiej Dudaraŭ](https://cinepixo.com/people/aliaksiej-dudarau), [Vladimir Yeryomin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-yeryomin), [Konstantin Vorobyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-vorobyov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yury Krasavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-krasavin)
- **Producer:** [Ruben Dishdishyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-dishdishyan), [Igor Ugolnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-ugolnikov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimir Bashta](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-bashta)

## Cast

- [Aleksey Dmitriyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-dmitriyev)
- [Madlen Dzhabrailova](https://cinepixo.com/people/madlen-dzhabrailova)
- [Aleksandr Sirin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-sirin)
- [Ihar Ivanow](https://cinepixo.com/people/ihar-ivanow)
- [Anna Tsukanova-Kott](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-tsukanova-kott)
- [Henadz Harbuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/henadz-harbuk)
- [Yana Yesipovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/yana-yesipovich)
- [Mikhail Yevlanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-yevlanov)
- [Garik Vyapshkovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/garik-vyapshkovsky)
- [Anatoly Kot](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-kot)
- [Andrey Merzlikin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-merzlikin) as Andrey Kizhevatov
- [Pavel Derevyanko](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-derevyanko) as Yefim Fomin
- [Yevgeny Tsyganov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-tsyganov)
- [Alexey Kopashov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexey-kopashov)
- [Dmitriy Kulichkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitriy-kulichkov)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://brestkrepost-film.ru/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-brest-fortress-2010
Film facts: Wikidata (Q23871); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.