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Once There Was a Girl
Once There Was a Girl

ONCE THERE WAS A GIRL

Жила-была девочка

Directed by Viktor Eisymont
Soviet Union, 1944
Drama, War

Synopsis

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 shattered by the war; living in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.

Synopsis

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 shattered by the war; living in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.