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.
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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.
Starring
Nina Ivanova as Nastenka
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
Trivia
This was Nina Ivanova's debut film.