- Country: Soviet Union
- Genres: Drama, War
- Release: 1945-12-22
- Director: Viktor Eysymont
- Writers: Vladimir Nedobrovo
- Language: Russian
- Stars: Nina Ivanova , Natalya Zashchipina , Ada Vojtsik , Aleksandr Larikov , Vera Altayskaya , Nikolai Korn , Lidiya Shtykan , Elena Kirillova , Mariya Vinogradova
- Runtime: 72 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Жила-была девочка , Volt egyszer egy kislány (Hungary) , Once Upon a Time There Lived a Little Girl , Hubo una vez una niña (Spain) , Była sobie dziewczynka (Poland) , Oli kerran tyttö (Finland) , Once There Was a Girl , Zhila-byla devochka , Det var en gång en flicka... (Sweden) , Có Một Cô Bé (Vietnam) , Bila jednom jedna devojčica , Era uma Vez uma Menina (Brazil) , Il était une petite fille (France, French Republic) , C'era una volta una bimba (Italy) , Il était une petite fille (Belgium)
- Plot: Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.
- IMDB:tt0037479
Zhila-byla devochka Cast · · · ALL
Viktor Eysymont
Director
Nina Ivanova
Nastenka
Natalya Zashchipina
Katya
Ada Vojtsik
Nastenka's Mother
Vera Altayskaya
Katya's Mother
Lidiya Shtykan
Tonya
Aleksandr Larikov
Makar Ivanovich
Nikolai Korn
Nastenka's Father