Zhila-byla devochka

original title:
Zhila-byla devochka
other titles:
Zhula Byla Devochka, Once There Was a Girl
country / year of production:
Soviet Union / 1944
original length:
72 min. , black/white
premiere:
USA: 22 December 1945
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Viktor Eisymont
film script:
Vladimir Nedobrovo
producer:
cinematographer:
Grigori Garibyan
editor:
composer:
Venedikt Pushkov
cast (role):
Nina Ivanova (Nastenka) , Natalya Zashchipina (Katya ) , Ada Vojtsik (Nastenka's Mother) , Aleksandr Larikov (Mukar Ivanovich ) , Vera Altajskaya (Katya's mother) , Nina Ivanova , Natalya Zashchipina , Ada Vojtsik , Aleksandr Larikov , Vera Altajskaya
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plot 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.
keywords:
siege , children , air raid
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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