Wednesday, March 4, 2009

True Blood Goes to the Movies: Uprising starring Stephen Moyer

Uprising

3hrs 30min
Genre: War
Release: 2001
Director:Jon Avnet

Starring:
Leelee Sobieski Tosia Altman
Hank Azaria Mordechai Anielewicz
David Schwimmer Yitzhak Zuckerman
Jon Voight General Stroop
Donald Sutherland Adam Czneriakow
Cary Elwes Fritz Hippler
Stephen Moyer Kazik, Simha 'Kazik' Rotem
Sadie Frost Zivia
Radha Mitchell Mira

Synopsis
Uprising is based on the true story of the Jewish Fighting Organization, a courageous band of youthful Polish guerrillas and freedom fighters who refused to knuckle under to the Nazis during World War II. Led by schoolteacher Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria), the organization comes into being as the Warsaw Jewish ghetto is being systemically decimated and shipped off to the Treblinka death camp by the German occupational forces. From April 19 to May 16, 1943, Anielewicz' followers staged a valiant uprising, which -- though ultimately unsuccessful in stopping the Nazi "final solution" juggernaut -- inflicted an enormous amount of damage upon the enemy and enabled hundreds of Polish Jews to escape the gas ovens and crematoriums. Much of the story is based upon the eyewitness testimony of surviving freedom fighter Simha "Kazik" Rotem, portrayed in the film by Stephen Moyer. Director Jon Avnet brilliantly combines newly filmed scenes with digitally refashioned archival footage of the actual uprising. Filmed in Bratisla, Slovakia, and boasting an all-star cast, Uprising was shown in two-hour installments on November 4 and 5, 2001, over the NBC network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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