Movie Description:
January 18, 1943. Nazi troops again sweep into the Warsaw Ghetto for a mission they`vecarried out many times before:gather Jews for deportation tothe Treblinka death camp. But this timeis different. Armed men and women of the Jewish Fighting Organization slip into the crows of deportees. When thesignal is given, they turn upontheir oppressors and strike abold blow for freedom. Uprising is a remarkable storyremarkably told, the stirring tale of people and events involved in the largest campaign of armed Jewish resistance to Nazi terror during WorldWar II. Jon Avnet directs, bringing a brisk semidocumentary style to this film starring Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria,David Schwimmer and other toptalents. In a precarious world, in a terrifying time, ordinary people took upon themselvesthe extraordinary task of defying evil. Their legacy remainsone of history`s most inspiringstories.
