The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
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 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Viktor EisymontDirector
- Vladimir NedobrovoWriter
- Venedict PushkovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nina IvanovaNastenka
- Natalya ZashchipinaKatya
- Ada VojtsikNastenka's Mother
- Vera AltayskayaKatya's Mother
- Lidiya ShtykanTonya
- Aleksandr LarikovMakar Ivanovich
- Nikolai KornNastenka's Father
- Maria SamoilovaCast