Balkan Line vs Fortress of War
Balkan Line has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Fortress of War). Balkan Line is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 18m. Fortress of War is the older of the two (2010 against 2019). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Balkan Line | Fortress of War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, War | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | Russia | – |
| Director | Andrey Volgin | Aleksandr Kott |
| Main cast | Emir Kusturica, Anton Pampushnyy, Gosha Kutsenko, Miloš Biković, Milena Radulović | Pavel Derevyanko, Andrey Merzlikin, Veronika Nikonova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Anna Tsukanova-Kott |
Synopsis
Balkan Line
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
Fortress of War
The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Many years later veteran…
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