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。When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.