Once There Was a Girl
1944, Russian. Directed by Viktor Eisymont.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 18 December 1944
- Original title
- Жила-была девочка
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vladimir Nedobrovo
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Once There Was a Girl runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Once There Was a Girl isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 December 1944. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Once There Was a Girl?
Once There Was a Girl (1944) was directed by Viktor Eisymont and stars Nina Ivanova, Natalya Zashchipina, Ada Vojtsik.