Once There Was a Girl (1944)

Original title

Жила-была девочка

Directed by

Viktor Eisymont

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young girl survives the siege of Leningrad during World War II. The film follows her daily struggles for food and safety in the devastated city.

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What happens

Once There Was a Girl (Russian: Жила-была девочка, romanized: Zhila-byla devochka) is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Viktor Eisymont. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.