In September 1941, with the Nazi siege of Leningrad underway, schoolgirl Nastya (Maria Melnikova) and her army cadet boyfriend Kostya (Andrey Mironov-Udalov) were among the thousand-plus shepherded aboard a dilapidated barge bound across Lake Ladoga in search of safety. The elements and the enemy would combine to wreak a mass tragedy, in this stunning, fact-based Russian effort; Gela Meskhi, Anastasiya Melnikova, Valeriy Degtyar also star. AKA: "Saving Leningrad." 96 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Russian; Subtitles: English. In Russian with English subtitles.
