Family ·Drama ·War · Soviet Union · 1944 · 1h 12m

Once There Was a Girl

Жила-была девочка

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Director
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
Crew
Grair Garibyan — Director of Photography Stera Gorakova — Editor Venedict Pushkov — Original Music Composer Vladimir Nedobrovo — Writer P. Solovey — Producer Igor Bakhmetyev — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Viktor Eisymont Director Grair Garibyan Director of Photography Stera Gorakova Editor Venedict Pushkov Original Music Composer Vladimir Nedobrovo Writer P. Solovey Producer Igor Bakhmetyev Production Design
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