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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Family,

Drama,

War

Duration:

72 minutes

Year:

1944

Director:

Viktor Eisymont

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Company:

Soyuzdetfilm

Cast:

Nastenka

Katya

Nastenka's Mother

Katya's Mother

Tonya

Crew:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Production Design