Uprising

Nov 4, 2001

2h 57m

★ 6.5

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

Overview

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.

Genres

Drama

History

War

TV Movie

Production Companies

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Brooklyn Films

Raffaella Productions

Uprising Trailers

Cast

Tosia Altmann

Leelee Sobieski

Mordechaj Anielewicz

Hank Azaria

Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman

David Schwimmer

SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop

Jon Voight

Adam Czerniaków

Donald Sutherland

Kazik Rotem

Stephen Moyer

Ziviah Lubetkin

Sadie Frost

Mira Fruchner

Radha Mitchell

Devorah Baron

Mili Avital

Ruthie Altman

Konstanze Breitebner

Nurse

Veronica De Laurentiis

Arie Wilner

Eric Lively

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