Uprising (2001)
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Uprising is based on the true story of the Jewish Fighting Organization, a courageous band of youthful Polish guerrillas and freedom fighters who refused to knuckle under to the Nazis during World War II. Led by schoolteacher Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria), the organization comes into being as… More Uprising is based on the true story of the Jewish Fighting Organization, a courageous band of youthful Polish guerrillas and freedom fighters who refused to knuckle under to the Nazis during World War II. Led by schoolteacher Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria), the organization comes into being as the Warsaw Jewish ghetto is being systemically decimated and shipped off to the Treblinka death camp by the German occupational forces. From April 19 to May 16, 1943, Anielewicz' followers staged a valiant uprising, which -- though ultimately unsuccessful in stopping the Nazi "final solution" juggernaut -- inflicted an enormous amount of damage upon the enemy and enabled hundreds of Polish Jews to escape the gas ovens and crematoriums. Much of the story is based upon the eyewitness testimony of surviving freedom fighter Simha "Kazik" Rotem, portrayed in the film by Stephen Moyer. Director Jon Avnet brilliantly combines newly filmed scenes with digitally refashioned archival footage of the actual uprising. Filmed in Bratisla, Slovakia, and boasting an all-star cast, Uprising was shown in two-hour installments on November 4 and 5, 2001, over the NBC network. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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John Carman, San Francisco Chronicle
A solid network effort about heroism in a most immoral world.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
Uprising, though flawed in a lot of ways, is still worth checking out if only to learn about a true-life inspirational tale.
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Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Merits watching if only because it's a bracing corrective to the deeply entrenched image of Europe's Jews plodding, sheep-like, to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps.
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
A superior film that deserves real movie treatment.
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Cast
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Leelee Sobieski
as Tosia Altman
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Hank Azaria
as Mordechai Anielewicz
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David Schwimmer
as Yitzhak Zuckerman
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Jon Voight
as General Stroop
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Donald Sutherland
as Adam Czneriakow
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Cary Elwes
as Fritz Hippler
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Stephen Moyer
as Simha 'Kazik' Rotem
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Sadie Frost
as Zivia
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Radha Mitchell
as Mira
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Mili Avital
as Devorah
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Alexandra Holden
as Frania
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John Ales
as Marek
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Andy Nyman
as Calel Wasser
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Eric Lively
as Arie
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Nora Brickman
as Clara Linder
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Jesper Christensen
as General Kruger