Synopsis
The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans, Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this film re-creates not merely Zoya's death, but also her life.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Lev ArnshtamDirector
- Lev ArnshtamWriter
- Boris ChirskovWriter
- Dmitri ShostakovichOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Galina VodyanitskayaZoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
- Rostislav PlyattGerman Soldier
- Yekaterina SkvortsovaZoya as a child
- Kseniya TarasovaZoya's Mother
- Nikolai RyzhovZoya's Father
- Aleksandr KuznetsovBoris Fomin
- Boris PoslavskyOwl
- Vladimir VolchikKomsomol Secretary
- Vera PopovaHostess of the house
- Tamara AltsevaAnna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
- Zoya ZhukovaZina, Zoya's classmate
- Nikolai BogatyryovPetya Vasilev