Once There Was a Girl

1h 12min

Family

Drama

War

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.

Cast

Nina Ivanova

Nina Ivanova

Nastenka
Ada Vojtsik

Ada Vojtsik

Nastenka's Mother
Vera Altayskaya

Vera Altayskaya

Katya's Mother
Aleksandr Larikov

Aleksandr Larikov

Makar Ivanovich
Nikolai Korn

Nikolai Korn

Nastenka's Father

Release date

18th Dec 1944

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский