Siege

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Siege (1940)

Directed by Julien Bryan

Documentary · 10m

Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvanian photographer and cameraman who later established the International Film Foundation. Siege was nominated for an Oscar for Best One-reel Short at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941, and in 2006, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress as "a unique, horrifying record of the dreadful brutality of war."

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Cast

Crew

Director
Julien Bryan
Writer
Julien Bryan
Director of Photography
Julien Bryan
Producer
Frederic Ullman Jr., Frank P. Donovan

Details

Release date
1940-02-12
Runtime
10m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
RKO Radio Pictures