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Zoya

40 %|Nov 23, 1944|War, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Lev Arnshtam
Director
Lev Arnshtam
Writer
Boris Chirskov
Writer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Yu-Lan Chen
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Dikhtyar
Production Design
Konstantin Urbetis
Production Design

Cast

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Galina Vodyanitskaya
Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
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Rostislav Plyatt
German Soldier
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Yekaterina Skvortsova
Zoya as a child
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Kseniya Tarasova
Zoya's Mother
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Nikolai Ryzhov
Zoya's Father
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Vladimir Volchik
Komsomol Secretary
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Vera Popova
Hostess of the house
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Tamara Altseva
Anna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
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Zoya Zhukova
Zina, Zoya's classmate
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Nikolai Bogatyryov
Petya Vasilev
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Vladimir Podgornyy
German Officer
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Yekaterina Derevshchikova
Zoya's friend (uncredited)
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Aleksey Batalov
Alyosha Batalov, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
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Karl Gurnyak
Parisan (uncredited)
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Olga Khorkova
Khorkova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
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Vladimir Lippart
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Sergey Nikonov
Wounded partisan (uncredited)
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Mikhail Troyanovsky
The Head teacher (uncredited)
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Mariya Vinogradova
Vinogradova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)