The Girl from Leningrad (1941)
Overview
Set during the 1939–1940 Winter War, the film follows a group of young women from Leningrad who volunteer for service at the front. Working as nurses in hospitals and on the battlefield, they devote themselves to saving the lives of wounded soldiers, while also taking up arms alongside the men in combat. Through hardship and sacrifice, their courage forges bonds of friendship and love that endure amid the trials of war.
Cast
Zoya Fyodorova
Natasha
Andrei Abrikosov
Sergei
Boris Blinov
Morozov
Yuriy Tolubeev
Braginskiy
Oleg Zhakov
Bannikov
Konstantin Adashevsky
Military medic
Manefa Sobolevskaya
Tamara
Tamara Alyoshina
Zina
Yekaterina Melentyeva
Shura
Boris Feodosyev
Doctor
Olga Beul
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