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Zoya
1944 4.0 (6 votes) 1h 35m
Genres
War Drama
Production Companies
Soyuzdetfilm
TsOKS

Zoya (Зоя)

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.

Key Crew

Director: Lev Arnshtam

Writer: Boris Chirskov, Lev Arnshtam

Director of Photography: Aleksandr Shelenkov

Producer: Boris Krakovskiy

Top Cast

Galina Vodyanitskaya
Galina Vodyanitskaya

Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya

Rostislav Plyatt
Rostislav Plyatt

German Soldier

Yekaterina Skvortsova

Zoya as a child

Kseniya Tarasova
Kseniya Tarasova

Zoya's Mother

Nikolai Ryzhov
Nikolai Ryzhov

Zoya's Father

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Boris Fomin

Boris Poslavsky
Boris Poslavsky

Owl

Vladimir Volchik
Vladimir Volchik

Komsomol Secretary

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