Once There Was a Girl

Once There Was a Girl (Russian: Жила-была девочка, romanized: Zhila-byla devochka) is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Viktor Eisymont.^[1][2][3][4]

Once There Was a Girl
Russian: Жила-была девочка
Directed by	Viktor Eisymont
Written by	Vladimir Nedobrovo
Produced by	Pyotr Solovey
Starring	Nina Ivanova Natalya Zashchipina Ada Vojtsik Vera Altayskaya Lidiya Shtykan Aleksandr Larikov Nikolai Korn Elena Kirillova
Cinematography	Grigori Garibyan
Edited by	Stara Gorakova
Music by	Venedikt Pushkov
Production company	Soyuzdetfilm
Release date	18 December 1944 (1944-12-18)
Running time	72 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film tells about two girls during the siege of Leningrad who survived the famine, cold, death of their mother and a serious wound.^[5]

Starring

• Nina Ivanova as Nastenka^[6]

• Natalya Zashchipina as Katya
• Ada Vojtsik as Nastenka's mother
• Vera Altayskaya as Katya's mother
• Lidiya Shtykan as Tonya
• Aleksandr Larikov as Makar Ivanovich
• Nikolai Korn as Nastenka's father
• Elena Kirillova as Stepanida^[7]

Trivia

This was Nina Ivanova's debut film.^[8]