Zoya (1944)

Original title

Зоя

Directed by

Lev Arnshtam

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical film about a young Soviet woman named Zoya who becomes a partisan fighter during World War II. It follows her bravery and sacrifice in the face of the German occupation.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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