Film

Once There Was a Girl

1944 · 1h 12m · Family · Drama · War

IMDb

7.6

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.

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

• Viktor EisymontDirector
• Vladimir NedobrovoWriter
• P. SoloveyProducer
• A. VladimirovExecutive Producer
• Grair GaribyanDirector of Photography
• Venedict PushkovOriginal Music Composer
• Stera GorakovaEditor

Release date

December 18, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Family, Drama, War