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Uprising on DVD (2001)

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Average rating: 66%
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Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight, Donald Sutherland, Cary Elwes, Sadie Frost, Mili Avital, James Woods, Radha Mitchell, John Ales
Director: Jon Avnet
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 153 mins
Certificate: 12
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: 30/09/2002

Brief synopsis of Uprising

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

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Rated - 5 starsThought Provoking

A customer from Brighton, england , 25/02/2005

The best film i've seen for ages, brilliantly made, good cast and very thought provoking. Actually felt I was living through it, watched it twice. I would recomend this

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Rated - 5 starsUPRISING...Simply Excellent

A customer from Derby , 29/11/2004

This film depicts the suffering of the Polish Jews against the Nazis in a remarkable way.Set in the Warsaw Ghetto The Casting and Sets are done superbly.This film is well worth the watch.

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Rated - 3 starsWorthy but flawed.

Mark Lipczynski from London , 07/12/2004

A great episode of the second world war is let down by some truly awful generic eastern European accents, and a so-so script. The film also somewhat downplays the support given to the Jews by the Polish Home Army, and the last fifteen minutes are a direct rip-off of Wajda's superb film Kanal.

Having said that, the battle scenes are filmed with style, and this is an important story which deserves to be told. The 1943 Ghetto Uprising inspired the rest of Warsaw, who in turn rose up in 1944. This should be watched with The Pianist for a better overall account of the period.

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Rated - 4 starsUplifting

A customer from Bury, England , 24/07/2005

A fantastically acted script which, despite its slow start, bought out the true horror of what it was like in Poland at the time. Twenty minutes in, it was gripping and I was unable to turn away from the screen

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 starsUPRISING...Simply Excellent

A customer from Derby , 29/11/2004

This film depicts the suffering of the Polish Jews against the Nazis in a remarkable way.Set in the Warsaw Ghetto The Casting and Sets are done superbly.This film is well worth the watch.

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Rated - 3 starsWorthy but flawed.

Mark Lipczynski from London , 07/12/2004

A great episode of the second world war is let down by some truly awful generic eastern European accents, and a so-so script. The film also somewhat downplays the support given to the Jews by the Polish Home Army, and the last fifteen minutes are a direct rip-off of Wajda's superb film Kanal.

Having said that, the battle scenes are filmed with style, and this is an important story which deserves to be told. The 1943 Ghetto Uprising inspired the rest of Warsaw, who in turn rose up in 1944. This should be watched with The Pianist for a better overall account of the period.

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