Once There Was a Girl (1944)

Name: Once There Was a Girl
Genre: Family, Drama, War
Released: 1944-12-18
Duration: 72 min
Cast: Nina Ivanova, Natalya Zashchipina, Ada Vojtsik, Vera Altayskaya, Lidiya Shtykan

Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.

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Released 1944-12-18 · 72 min · Family, Drama, War

Directed by Viktor Eisymont

Cast

Nina Ivanova as Nastenka
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
Maria Samoilova