When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.
Gabriel Byrne
as Philip Parker
Mira Sorvino
as Kate Davis
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as von Leeb
Alexander Beyer
as Walter Hoesdorff
Christian Berkel
as Vinkelmeyer
Eckehard Hoffmann
as Adolf Hitler
Ольга Сутулова
as Nina Tsvetkova
Александр Абдулов
as Chigasov
Михаил Ефремов
as Omelchenko
Владимир Ильин
as Malinin
Alyona Stebunova
as Sonya Krasko
Сергей Колтаков
as Zhdanov