Girl Seeks Father (1959)

Original title

Девочка ищет отца

Directed by

Lieŭ Holub

Genre

drama film, war film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl searches for her father during World War II. She faces dangers and meets people who help her along the way.

poignanttensehopefulheartfeltgentlesuspensefulwarmmelancholic

What happens

Girl Seeks Father (Russian: Девочка ищет отца, romanized: Devochka ishchet otsa) is a 1959 Soviet children's drama film that was produced by Yuri Bulychyov at the Belarusfilm, directed by Lev Golub, and starring Anna Kamenkova, Vladimir Guskov, Nikolai Barmin. Writers: Konstantin Gubarevich, Yevgeny Ryss. In 1959, it was the fifth film highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union at the box office. It was watched by over 35 million spectators, making it the third-most watched Belarusian film ever. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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