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Once There Was a Girl (1944)

Once There Was a Girl (1944)

Drama Family War
Release Date: 1944, December 18
Directors: Viktor Eisymont
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Soyuzdetfilm, Soyuzdetfilm
Cast: Nikolai Korn, Natalya Zashchipina, Aleksandr Larikov, Lidiya Shtykan, Vera Altayskaya, Ada Vojtsik, Nina Ivanova

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.