Cast : Maia Klimenko, Ivan Krasko, Oleg Basilashvili, Boris Averin, Elena Shtopfen, Aleksandr Potapov, Lev Neimishev, Marina Moshkova, Kseniia Skachkova, Sergei Skorokhodov, Grogorii Gorbunov, Vladimir Kudrin, Maria Michelson, Mikhail Gaponov, Al’bert Saralp
The film Citaem blokadnuju knigu is based on the book written by Russian authors— Daniil Granin and Ales Adamovich. In 1960-ies they wrote down the stories of people who lived and survived in the 900 days siege of Leningrad during the Second World War—honest and horrifying words about cold, bomb (attacks) and famine. In a small broadcasting studio people of different age—from children to very old people, of various background and professions— students, engineers, artists, actors, soldiers read pieces from the Book. While reading the “amateur actors,” mostly successful and happy people, experienced the feelings close to those of heroes of the book. Everyone had to ask himself and answer the question: how to be strong to survive and not to loose honor and dignity.