Once There Was a Girl

Once There Was a Girl
Russian: Жила-была девочка
Directed byViktor Eisymont
Written byVladimir Nedobrovo
Produced byPyotr Solovey
Starring
CinematographyGrigori Garibyan
Edited byStara Gorakova
Music byVenedikt Pushkov
Production
company
Soyuzdetfilm
Release date
  • 18 December 1944 (1944-12-18)
Running time
72 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Once There Was a Girl (Russian: Жила-была девочка, romanizedZhila-byla devochka) is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Viktor Eisymont.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The film tells about two girls during the siege of Leningrad who survived the famine, cold, death of their mother and a serious wound.[5]

Starring

  • Natalya Zashchipina as Katya
  • Ada Vojtsik as Nastenka's mother
  • Vera Altayskaya as Katya's mother
  • Lidiya Shtykan as Tonya
  • Aleksandr Larikov as Makar Ivanovich
  • Nikolai Korn as Nastenka's father
  • Elena Kirillova as Stepanida[7]

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