900 Days

2012 • Directed by

Jessica Gorter

Documentary

Myth and Reality of the Leningrad Blockade

The documentary focuses on the struggles of those who survived the long siege by German forces during World War II (from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944). The three million inhabitants of Leningrad (now renamed St Petersburg) suffered extremes of starvation and deprivation.