Once There Was a Girl
1944
72 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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
