Zoya

Zoya (1944)

WarDrama

The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans, Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this film re-creates not merely Zoya's death, but also her life.

Director: Lev Arnshtam

Casts

	Galina Vodyanitskaya as Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
	Rostislav Plyatt as German Soldier
	Yekaterina Skvortsova as Zoya as a child
	Kseniya Tarasova as Zoya's Mother
	Nikolai Ryzhov as Zoya's Father
	Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Boris Fomin
	Boris Poslavsky as Owl
	Vladimir Volchik as Komsomol Secretary
	Vera Popova as Hostess of the house
	Tamara Altseva as Anna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
	Zoya Zhukova as Zina, Zoya's classmate
	Nikolai Bogatyryov as Petya Vasilev
	Vladimir Podgornyy as German Officer
	Yekaterina Derevshchikova as Zoya's friend (uncredited)
	Aleksey Batalov as Alyosha Batalov, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
	Karl Gurnyak as Parisan (uncredited)
	Olga Khorkova as Khorkova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
	Vladimir Lippart as German Soldier (uncredited)
	Mikhail Troyanovsky as The Head teacher (uncredited)
	Mariya Vinogradova as Vinogradova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
	Sergey Nikonov as Izotov, wounded partisan (uncredited)

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