Zoya (1944)
1h 35m
Running Time
November 23, 1944Release Date
Zoya (1944)
1h 35m
Running Time
November 23, 1944Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Rostislav Plyatt
German Soldier
Galina Vodyanitskaya
Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
Yekaterina Skvortsova
Zoya as a child
Kseniya Tarasova
Zoya's Mother
Nikolai Ryzhov
Zoya's Father
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Boris Fomin
Lev Arnshtam
Director
Boris Poslavsky
Owl
Boris Chirskov
Writer
Vladimir Volchik
Komsomol Secretary
Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Cinematographer
Vera Popova
Hostess of the house
Aleksandr Dikhtyar
ProductionDesigner
Tamara Altseva
Anna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
Konstantin Urbetis
ProductionDesigner
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)
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 23, 1944
Original NameЗоя
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
Wiki.
Zoya (Russian: Зоя) is a 1944 Soviet biographical war film directed by Lev Arnshtam. Margarita Aliger’s poem with the same name which had been published in September 1942 was the inspiration of the film. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.