Once There Was a Girl

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Once There Was a Girl (1944)

Directed by Viktor Eisymont

Family, Drama, War · 1h 12m

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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Cast

Nina Ivanova Nastenka Natalya Zashchipina Katya Ada Vojtsik Nastenka's Mother Vera Altayskaya Katya's Mother Lidiya Shtykan Tonya Aleksandr Larikov Makar Ivanovich Nikolai Korn Nastenka's Father Maria Samoilova

Crew

Director
Viktor Eisymont
Writer
Vladimir Nedobrovo
Director of Photography
Grair Garibyan
Original Music Composer
Venedict Pushkov
Editor
Stera Gorakova
Producer
P. Solovey

Details

Original title
Жила-была девочка
Release date
1944-12-18
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Family, Drama, War
Original language
RU
Spoken languages
Russian
Countries
Soviet Union
Production
Soyuzdetfilm