FORTRESS OF WAR
Russia | 138 mins | [15] – 2010
A drama about human tragedies during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.
Directed by Alexksandr Kott
Written by Aleksei Dudaderv, Vladimir Eryomin, Ekaterina Tirdatova, Igor Ugolnikov
Produced by Evgenyi Ayzikovich, Ruben Dishdishyan, Igor Ugolnikov
With: Aleksey Kopashov, Andrei Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyankov
SCREENING
Saturday 25 November – 10 h 00
Cinema – Castle Cinema : 64 – 66 Brooksby’s Walk, London E9 6DA
MEET THE DIRECTOR
Aleksandr Kott was born on 22 February 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and producer, known for Test (2014), Fotograf (1998) and Insayt (2015). He is married to Anna Tsukanova-Kott. They have one child.