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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 52 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 52 m
Blockade

Summary The siege of Leningrad during World War II famously lasted 900 days, leaving more than 600,000 dead from starvation, disease or cold. Blockade, a compilation film based entirely on silent footage found in Moscow's archives, is an extraordinary account of life and death in a great city experiencing unprecedented hardship. (First Run/Icar...

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 52 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 52 m

Blockade

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary The siege of Leningrad during World War II famously lasted 900 days, leaving more than 600,000 dead from starvation, disease or cold. Blockade, a compilation film based entirely on silent footage found in Moscow's archives, is an extraordinary account of life and death in a great city experiencing unprecedented hardship. (First Run/Icar...

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80
It all has a ghostly feel, like eerie murmurs during a séance: the static of history heard on a short-wave radio.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
The surreal images lack narration and talking heads, which is no problem. In fact, the device makes the shocking footage more compelling.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Loznitsa doesn't adorn the eerie footage with talking heads and factoid title cards. What narrative there is, along with a sense of incrementally mounting horror, emerges unbidden from the images.
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70
Told without voiceover, explanatory subtitles or any other contextualizing material, Russian docu Blockade looks unlikely to show up on the History Channel as it stands now. Nevertheless, this absorbing account of the 900-day siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) during WWII, told entirely through re-edited archive footage with freshly made sound, reps poignant viewing as it focuses on the daily lives of the city's inhabitants.
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63
The film makes you squirm as well as empathize, but it does need narration.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sankt-Peterburgskaya Studiya Dokumentalnykh Filmov
Release Date Mar 14, 2007
Duration 52 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Krakow Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Nika Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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