Once There Was a Girl

1944Directed by Viktor Eisymont

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Released: December 18, 1944
Runtime: 1h 12m

About Once There Was a Girl

Family
Drama
War

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.

Director: Viktor Eisymont
Writer: Vladimir Nedobrovo
Original title: Жила-была девочка

Principal cast

In billing order

Nina IvanovaNastenka
Natalya ZashchipinaKatya
Ada VojtsikNastenka's Mother
Vera AltayskayaKatya's Mother
Lidiya ShtykanTonya
Aleksandr LarikovMakar Ivanovich

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