Uprising

The heroic true stories of Jewish resistance fighters who battled the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II are dramatized for the first time in the compelling, four-hour miniseries "Uprising." Featuring a star-studded cast, the action-packed epic is drawn from accounts of survivors, and directed, produced and co-written by award-winning feature filmmaker Jon Avnet ("Red Corner," "Fried Green Tomatoes"). The cast includes Leelee Sobieski , Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Stephen Moyer, Jon Voight, and Donald Sutherland will star in NBC's Uprising, a miniseries that depicts the true stories of Jewish resistance fighters against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Uprising aired over two nights in November.

After Germany invades Poland in 1939, the Germans decree that 350,000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly moved into a cordoned area known as the Warsaw Ghetto. Watching their people forced into slave labor, led to the brink of starvation and even deported to death camps, a small group of courageous Jewish citizens band together to create a unified, armed resistance against their German oppressors. Against impossible odds, they hold off the German army longer than the entire country of Poland, determined to live with honor - and if need be, die with honor - while lighting the torch for resistance in the occupied territories.

This remarkable true story of triumph, tragedy and courage aired on Sunday, November 4th and Monday, November 5th on NBC and has been released in Theaters and a new DVD by Warner Brothers. Dr. Michael Berenbaum served as the senior historical consultant to the mini-series.