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.
Director
Lev Arnshtam
Galina Vodyanitskaya
Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
Rostislav Plyatt
German Soldier
Kseniya Tarasova
Zoya's Mother
Nikolai Ryzhov
Zoya's Father
Boris Poslavsky
Owl
Vladimir Volchik
Komsomol Secretary
Vera Popova
Hostess of the house
Yekaterina Derevshchikova
Zoya's friend (uncredited)
Aleksey Batalov
Alyosha Batalov, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)
SU
