It was one of the great crimes of the Second World War: from 1941 to 1944, a total of 872 days, the siege and starvation of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht on Hitler's orders lasted. Over a million people fell victim to the blockade, most of them dying of hunger. Countless of these starving people wrote diaries with the last of their strength, and cameramen filmed in the paralyzed city. Evidence from the hell of the siege, many of the film recordings, but above all the written memories on which this documentary on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation is based, remained under lock and key after the war. The voices of those who had suffered through this terrible time should not be heard by anyone, because they did not fit the pathos of the Leningrad heroic song that was officially sung. Most of the recordings come from women. The writers feared neither the enemy nor the Communist Party or Stalin, who often proved incompetent in providing for the population.

Rating: 7.8

Cast:

Frank

Röth

Martina

Reuter

Hanns

Jörg

Josephine

Paetzel

Andrei

Zhdanov

Hanns

Zischler

Toni

Lorentz

Irmelin

Krause

Sabra

Lopes

Judith

von

Adelheid

Kleineidam

Kornelia

Boje

Agnes

Regan

Golo

Euler

Michael

Noack

Natascha

Bub

Gabriele

Blum

Frank

Röth

Martina

Reuter

Hanns

Jörg

Josephine

Paetzel

Andrei

Zhdanov

Hanns

Zischler

Toni

Lorentz

Irmelin

Krause

Sabra

Lopes

Judith

von