Once There Was a Girl

Once There Was a Girl
Russian: Жила-была девочка
Directed byViktor Eisymont
Written byVladimir Nedobrovo
Produced byPyotr Solovey
Starring
CinematographyGrigori Garibyan
Edited byStara Gorakova
Music byVenedikt Pushkov
Production
company
Soyuzdetfilm
Release date
  • 18 December 1944 (1944-12-18)
Running time
72 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Once There Was a Girl (Russian: Жила-была девочка, romanizedZhila-byla devochka) is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Viktor Eisymont.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The film tells about two girls during the siege of Leningrad who survived the famine, cold, death of their mother and a serious wound.[5]

Starring

  • Natalya Zashchipina as Katya
  • Ada Vojtsik as Nastenka's mother
  • Vera Altayskaya as Katya's mother
  • Lidiya Shtykan as Tonya
  • Aleksandr Larikov as Makar Ivanovich
  • Nikolai Korn as Nastenka's father
  • Elena Kirillova as Stepanida[7]

Trivia

This was Nina Ivanova's debut film.[8]

References

  1. ^ Зима на Заречной улице
  2. ^ На улице Кухмистерова покажут кинокартину о двух девочках-блокадницах
  3. ^ Кинокартину «Жила-была девочка» покажут в ЮВАО
  4. ^ Как отметить День Победы в Петербурге
  5. ^ Жила-была девочка (КиноПоиск)
  6. ^ Как отметить День Победы в Петербурге
  7. ^ Once There Was a Girl (1944) Full Cast / Crew
  8. ^ Zhila-byla devochka (1944) - Trivia - IMDb. Retrieved 2025-06-24 – via www.imdb.com.