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.
Cast
Galina Vodyanitskaya
Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
Rostislav Plyatt
German Soldier
Yekaterina Skvortsova
Zoya as a child
Kseniya Tarasova
Zoya's Mother
Nikolai Ryzhov
Zoya's Father
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Boris Fomin
Boris Poslavsky
Owl
Vladimir Volchik
Komsomol Secretary
Vera Popova
Hostess of the house
Tamara Altseva
Anna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
Zoya Zhukova
Zina, Zoya's classmate
Nikolai Bogatyryov
Petya Vasilev
Vladimir Podgornyy
German Officer
Yekaterina Derevshchikova
Zoya's friend (uncredited)
Aleksey Batalov
Alyosha Batalov, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
Karl Gurnyak
Parisan (uncredited)
Olga Khorkova
Khorkova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
Vladimir Lippart
German Soldier (uncredited)
Mikhail Troyanovsky
The Head teacher (uncredited)
Mariya Vinogradova
Vinogradova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
Sergey Nikonov
Izotov, wounded partisan (uncredited)
Crew
Lev Arnshtam
Director, Writer
Boris Chirskov
Writer
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Director of Photography
A. Goncharov
First Assistant Director
V. Rodionova
Second Assistant Director
Ilya Frez
Assistant Director
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Assistant Director
Boris Krakovskiy
Executive Producer
Aleksandr Dikhtyar
Production Design
Konstantin Urbetis
Production Design
Yu-Lan Chen
Camera Operator
Vladimir Yakovlev
Makeup Artist
Dmitri Flyangolts
Sound
Aleksandr Ptushko
Visual Effects Director
Nikolai Renkov
VFX Director of Photography
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
David Blok
Conductor
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