It seems like the makers of the film, in order to emphasize the heroism of the residents of Leningrad, have omitted to mention one fundamental fact concerning the siege. The Nazis never intended to actually take the city of Leningrad, but rather to obliterate it along with its population. The endurance of the Leningraders is rather more understandable (albeit less heroic) if one realizes that they, like the Warsaw Ghetto Jews, were marked for extermination by the Nazis. Siege of Leningrad 3 GCarty 2005-12-18 10:40:21 2005-12-18 10:40:21 Jean and I are old enough to remember when these movies were playing in theaters. Just as info for anyone here, there were not in colour, and these shown here are not in colour either. The Internet Archive says they are in colour, not sure why, but it's black and white. Very few movies were coloured back then. The cameras were very expensive, and the film required three separate strips of celluloid. Why we fight movies 5 bratman 2005-12-27 04:49:13 2005-12-27 04:49:13 Documentar Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia Part II chudi 2008-04-24 13:35:09 2008-04-24 13:35:09 5 3 4.33