Once There Was 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.
Director: Viktor Eisymont
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Nina Ivanova as Nastenka |
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Natalya Zashchipina as Katya |
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Ada Vojtsik as Nastenka's Mother |
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Vera Altayskaya as Katya's Mother |
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Lidiya Shtykan as Tonya |
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Aleksandr Larikov as Makar Ivanovich |
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Nikolai Korn as Nastenka's Father |
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Maria Samoilova as |
| Directing | Viktor Eisymont | Director |
| Writing | Vladimir Nedobrovo | Writer |
| Camera | Grair Garibyan | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Vladimir Sukhobokov | Assistant Director |
| Art | Igor Bakhmetyev | Production Design |
| Sound | Venedict Pushkov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vartan Yeramishev | Sound Director |
| Sound | Grigori Korenblyum | Sound Director |
| Directing | Mariya Sauts | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Safarova | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | S. Antipov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Editing | Stera Gorakova | Editor |
| Camera | L. Dyko | Assistant Camera |
| Production | P. Solovey | Producer |
| Sound | David Blok | Conductor |
| Production | A. Vladimirov | Executive Producer |