Zoya

95 mins
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.

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

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)

Aleksey Batalov

Alyosha Batalov, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)

Karl Gurnyak

Parisan (uncredited)

Olga Khorkova

Khorkova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)

Vladimir Lippart

German Soldier (uncredited)

Sergey Nikonov

Wounded partisan (uncredited)

Mikhail Troyanovsky

The Head teacher (uncredited)

Mariya Vinogradova

Vinogradova, Zoya's classmate (uncredited)

Lev Arnshtam

Director

Aleksandr Shelenkov

Director of Photography

Vladimir Yakovlev

Makeup Artist

Dmitri Shostakovich

Original Music Composer

Aleksandr Dikhtyar

Production Design

Konstantin Urbetis

Production Design

Ilya Frez

Assistant Director

Vladimir Sukhobokov

Assistant Director

Yu-Lan Chen

Camera Operator

V. Rodionova

Second Assistant Director

A. Goncharov

First Assistant Director

Nikolai Renkov

VFX Director of Photography

Aleksandr Ptushko

Visual Effects Director

David Blok

Conductor

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