Uprising (Two Disc set) (UK)
They did the one thing the Nazis never expected. They fought back
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 153 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
After Germany invades Poland in 1939, the Nazis decree that 350,000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly moved into an area known as the Warsaw Ghetto. Idealistic teacher Mordechai (Hank Azaria) decides the Jews must rise up against the Nazis and creates the Jewish Fighting Organisation (JFO). Determined to mobilise a resistance against the Nazis, Mordechai recruits his friends (David Schwimmer, Sadie Frost, Donald Sutherland) who are determined to live with honour, die with honour and provide hope for those fighting in other German-occupied territories. This World War II miniseries is an action-packed, moving account of a time in history that should not be forgotten...
Special Features:
`Resistance` - historical documentary. `Breaking Down The Walls: The Road To Recreating The Warsaw Ghetto` documentary. Audio commentary by director and executive producer Jon Avnet. Audio commentary with Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer and Jon Voight. Web-enabled for DVD-ROM PC users.
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.66:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Directed By:
Jon Avnet
Written By:
Jon Avnet
Paul Brickman
Starring:
Sadie Frost
Stephen Moyer
Donald Sutherland
Jon Voight
David Schwimmer
Hank Azaria
Leelee Sobieski
Casting By:
Sheila Trezise
Eva Stefankovicová
Lenka Stefankovicova
Richard Pagano
Debi Manwiller
Soundtrack By:
Maurice Jarre
Director of Photography:
Denis Lenoir
Editor:
Sabrina Plisco
Costume Designer:
Viera Zvonarova
George L. Little
Production Designer:
Benjamín Fernández
Producer:
Marsha Oglesby
Jordan Kerner
Hester Hargett
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Jon Avnet
Executive Producer:
Lisa Lindstrom
Bill Haber
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Your Opinions and Comments
The Warsaw ghetto rebellion was and still is one of the greatest Jewish acts of pure heroism during WWII.
Being Jewish myself, a grandchild to Holocaust survivors and having met some of the people depicted in the movie (who were actually my neighbours), I was impressed and moved by the movie.
The video transfer is very good. There are no compression signs at all and the deliberate usage of desaturated colors helps convey the gloomy atmosphere of the ghetto.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is very good. The surrounds are quite active and add a lot of depth to the already gloomy environment.
The menus are still with some music.
The extras include 2 good commentaries by the director and most of the cast, a behind the scenes look and a great documentary with some surreal interviews with the ex-ghetto fighters.
Bottom line - an important movie, less in a theatrical way and more in a historical (almost documentary) way.