Uprising Movie Review 2001

Well-done, realistic miniseries depicts the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943, when Polish Jews, facing deportation to death camps, held off the Nazis for a month using guerilla tactics. Solid script, which avoids melodrama and over-sentimentality, leaves room to show the politics and motivations involved between the people who wanted to negotiate with the Nazis, those who collaborated for self-preservation, and the fighters. Though the whole cast is up to the task, Sobieski's performance stands out, and Schwimmer makes a better showing here than he did in "Band of Brothers."

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 177 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Docudrama, World War II, The Holocaust, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Judaism

Screenplay

Jon Avnet, Paul Brickman

Cast

Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight, Donald Sutherland, Cary Elwes, Stephen Moyer, Sadie Frost, Radha Mitchell, Mili Avital, Alexandra Holden, John Ales, Eric Lively, Jesper Christensen

Cinematography

Denis Lenoir

Director

Jon Avnet

Music

Maurice Jarre