The Brest Fortress 2010 - Best Russian-Belarusian war movie

The film tells about the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, which took the first blow of the German invaders on June 22, 1941. The events that took place in the first days of the defense are described with documentary accuracy. The film tells about the main three centers of resistance, led by regiment commander Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov (by Alexander Korshunov), regimental commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin (by Pavel Derevyanko) and head of the 9th frontier post Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov (by Andrey Merzlikin). The line connecting all the characters is the story of Sashka Akimov (by Alyosha Kopashov). It is through his eyes that we see the events of the film. Sasha’s prototype was fifteen-year-old Petya Klypa, one of the few surviving defenders of the Brest Fortress. The main idea of the film is best formulated in the inscription found on the wall of one of the casemates “I DIE, BUT I DO NOT GIVE UP”. The Brest Fortress was planned to be captured on the first day of the war, June 22, 1941. But the fortress fought until June 30, 1941, when all its defenders were killed.