1941年第二次世界大战肆虐时期,德国纳粹入侵苏联。在经历长达4个月的攻坚战无果后,希特勒决定用饥饿和围困的方式夺取列宁格勒。纳粹围城三年,尸横遍野的列宁格勒成为一座死亡之城。
英国女记者凯特·戴维斯(米拉·索维诺 Mira Sorvino 饰)在前线采访时,与她的爱人美国记者菲利普·帕克(加布里埃尔·伯恩 Gabriel Byrne 饰)失散,被困列宁格勒。孤立无援的凯特幸得列宁格勒义勇军女警妮娜(欧嘉·苏图洛娃 Olga Sutulova 饰)的帮助与庇护。两人坚守在冰天雪地的战火之中,与饱受饥饿折磨的苏联军民一起,为生存而战。
It tells the story of how Octavio and Adela were born on the same day: 14 April 1931, but in opposing families. Over the next 90 years their lives will intertwine, through intense encounters and misunderstandings, in eight episodes told in sequence shots.
When Danny, a guilt-ridden engineering geologist in transit to her remote Russian assignment survives a mysterious helicopter crash, she must try to escape the harsh environment. But she is not alone.