Uprising (movie) - Definition and Overview

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.

Plot summary

Polish Jews rise up against the Nazi invaders, in 1943.

Tagline: They did the one thing the Nazi's never expected. They fought back.

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

Notes

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

External links

• Uprising (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250798/) at the Internet Movie Database