Once There Was a Girl

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.

Director: Viktor Eisymont

Cast: Nina Ivanova, Natalya Zashchipina, Ada Vojtsik, Vera Altayskaya, Lidiya Shtykan, Aleksandr Larikov, Nikolai Korn, Maria Samoilova

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