Once There Was a Girl (1944)

5.7/10 72 min Family Drama War

Overview

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

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

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