Once There Was a Girl

1h 12m
FamilyDramaWar
5.2

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.

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
Maria Samoilova
Unknown

Crew

Viktor Eisymont
Director
Vladimir Nedobrovo
Writer
Stera Gorakova
Editor
Grair Garibyan
Director of Photography
Mariya Sauts
First Assistant Director
V. Safarova
Second Assistant Director
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Assistant Director
A. Vladimirov
Executive Producer
P. Solovey
Producer
Igor Bakhmetyev
Production Design
L. Dyko
Assistant Camera
Vartan Yeramishev
Sound Director
Grigori Korenblyum
Sound Director
S. Antipov
VFX Director of Photography
Venedict Pushkov
Original Music Composer
David Blok
Conductor

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