Blockade

Running 52m and made in Russia, Blockade (2006) is a Documentary and History film in the 123movies catalog. Sergei Loznitsa directs. 21 votes put it at 6.5/10. The images comprise only of material Sergei Loznitsa found in the Moscow film archives about the siege of Leningrad during World War II. By providing the originally silent images with a meticulously reconstructed soundtrack, the scenes from everyday life under siege seem to be set in the present. By not intervening in the montage but giving the scenes room to tell a story, the scenes transcend the specific historic events and lead a new life. They do not evoke memories of the past, but become a breathtaking reanimation of reality.