''Blockade'' is a 2005 documentary film by
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa ( be, Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница, uk, Сергій Володимирович Лозниця; born 5 September 1964) is a Uk ...
. The film was shot with no dialogue and consists of black and white footage shot during the
Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...
. It has a run time of 52 minutes.
Reception
''Blockade'' has a score of 70 out of 100 on
Metacritic
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, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blockade]
References
'A Chronicle for Our Time, Loznitsa's ''Blockade'' - Denise J. Youngblood, ''Russian Review 66'', October 2007
External links
Icarus films
2005 films
2005 documentary films
Documentary films about World War II
Eastern Front of World War II films
Documentary films about the Soviet Union
History of Saint Petersburg
Films directed by Sergei Loznitsa
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