Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Jon Avnet and Paul Brickman. It was filmed in multiple locations, including Bratislava, Slovakia and Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A war film is any film dealing with war, usually focusing on naval, air, or land battle, but sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, training, or other related subjects. ... A drama is a film that depends mostly on in-depth character development and interaction. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm, etc. ... German soldiers burning house after house The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, sometimes called the Warsaw Uprising 1943, was an insurrection in Polands Warsaw Ghetto against Nazi Germany during World War II. The main resistance lasted from April 19, 1943 to May 16 that year and was crushed by SS-Gruppenf... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 430,000. ... Innsbruck City Center Innsbruck and Nordkette from south // Geography Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the Tyrol province. ... Tyrol (Tirol in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. ...

Plot summary

Polish Jews rise up against the Nazi invaders, in 1943. Uprising is another word for rebellion. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Tagline: They did the one thing the Nazis never expected. They fought back.

It shows the leadership of the Ghetto Uprising, the adversity they faced and how they held off the Nazis for a long time. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

Main cast

• Leelee Sobieski ... as Tosia Altman
• Hank Azaria ... as Mordechai Anielewicz
• David Schwimmer ... as Yitzhak 'Antek' Zuckerman
• Jon Voight ... as Maj. Gen. Jurgen Stroop
• Donald Sutherland ... as Adam Czerniakow
• Stephen Moyer ... as Simha 'Kazik' Rotem
• Sadie Frost ... as Zivia Lubetkin

Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski (born June 10, 1982 in New York City), better known as Leelee (or LeeLee) Sobieski, is an American actress, born to a French father and a Polish-American mother. ... Tova (Tosia) Altman (1918-1943) worked with Mordechai Anielewicz as a member of the ZOB during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. ... Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964 in Queens, New York) is an American actor born to a Jewish family of Greek origins, who is best known for his voice work on the animated television show The Simpsons. ... Mordechaj Anielewicz Mordechaj Anielewicz (1919,1920?-1943) was the commander of the Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (English: Jewish Fighting Organization, also known as ŻOB) during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. ... David Schwimmer David Schwimmer (Yiddish דוד שװימער, born November 12, 1966) is an American actor, born in Astoria, New York, USA. He is best known for his role as Ross Geller in Friends. ... Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight Jonathan Voight (born December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor. ... Jürgen Stroop in custody for war crimes Jürgen Stroop, September 26, 1895 - March 6, 1952, was an SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei, who served as the SS and Police Leader of the Poland-Warsaw area during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. ... Donald Sutherland (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian actor. ... Adam Czerniakow, (Adam Czerniaków) (1880 – July 23, 1942) was a Polish-Jewish engineer and senator, born in Warsaw, Poland. ... Sadie Frost (born Sadie Liza Vaugman on March 27, 1968), is a British actress, is probably best known for her marriage to (and break up from) British actor Jude Law which has made her a staple of the tabloids. ...

Notes

• The film is in both color and black and white.
• The filming locations included Bratislava, Slovakia and Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 430,000. ... Innsbruck City Center Innsbruck and Nordkette from south // Geography Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the Tyrol province. ... Tyrol (Tirol in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. ...

External links

• Uprising at the Internet Movie Database