Once Upon a Girl(1944)

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.

Genre: Family, Drama, War

Director: Viktor Eysymont

Actors: Nina Ivanova, Natalya Zashchipina, Ada Voytsik, Aleksandr Larikov, Vera Altayskaya, Nikolai Korn, Lidiya Shtykan, Elena Kirillova, Mariya Vinogradova

Release date: 1944-12-18

Country of origin: SU

Length: 1h 12m

Ratings:

• 7.6/10