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.
Directed by Lev Arnshtam
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Cast

Galina Vodyanitskaya
Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya

Rostislav Plyatt
German Soldier
Yekaterina Skvortsova
Zoya as a child

Kseniya Tarasova
Zoya's Mother

Nikolai Ryzhov
Zoya's Father
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Boris Fomin

Boris Poslavsky
Owl

Vladimir Volchik
Komsomol Secretary

Vera Popova
Hostess of the house
Tamara Altseva
Anna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
Zoya Zhukova
Zina, Zoya's classmate
Nikolai Bogatyryov
Petya Vasilev
Vladimir Podgornyy
German Officer

Yekaterina Derevshchikova
Zoya's friend (uncredited)
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