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Zoya (1944)
Directed by Lev Arnshtam
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Galina Vodyanitskaya | Rostislav Plyatt | Yekaterina Skvortsova | Kseniya Tarasova | Nikolai Ryzhov | Aleksandr Kuznetsov | Boris Poslavsky | Vladimir Volchik | Vera Popova | Tamara Altseva | Zoya Zhukova | Nikolai Bogatyryov | Vladimir Podgornyy | Yekaterina Derevshchikova | Aleksey Batalov | Karl Gurnyak | Olga Khorkova | Vladimir Lippart | Sergey Nikonov | Mikhail Troyanovsky | Mariya Vinogradova