Once There Was a Girl
About Once There Was a Girl
During the siege of Leningrad, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia live through bombings, wrecked apartments, and the wait for the next air raid. The picture stays with the two girls and the families around them across the seventeen months of the siege.
Cast & crew
More about Once There Was a Girl
Viktor Eisymont directed. Vladimir Nedobrovo wrote it. The Russian title is Жила-была девочка (Zhila-byla devochka). Wikidata's first publication date is December 18, 1944, with later dates in April and December 1945.
Themes
Preservation
A Commons transfer of the 1944 film is online.
Notes
- Nina Ivanova and Natalya Zashchipina lead the children's cast.
- Ada Wójcik, Aleksandr Larikov, Vera Altayskaya, and Lidiya Shtykan are also billed.
- The dialogue is in Russian.
