Fortress of War vs Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Fortress of War). Fortress of War is the shorter watch at 2h 18m compared with 2h 21m. Letters from Iwo Jima is the older of the two (2006 against 2010). Both are action, drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fortress of War posterFortress of War2010 VS Letters from Iwo Jima posterLetters from Iwo Jima2006
Fortress of WarLetters from Iwo Jima
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 7.5/10
Year20102006
Length2h 18m2h 21m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarAction, Drama, War
Country––
DirectorAleksandr KottClint Eastwood
Main castPavel Derevyanko, Andrey Merzlikin, Veronika Nikonova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Anna Tsukanova-KottKen Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Shido Nakamura, Luke Eberl, Ryo Kase

Synopsis

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…

Letters from Iwo Jima

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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