Girl Seeks Father () 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.
Plot The film was set in Russia during World War II and is about a 5-year-old girl searching for her partisan leader father while escaping from the Nazis, who try to catch her to make her their hostage, and a young boy trying to save her. For some time, when the girl is lost in the forest alone or when Nazis finally catch two children, hope is almost lost.
Cast Credited cast Anna Kamenkova as Lena Vladimir Guskov as Yanka, forester's grandson Nikolai Barmin as Panas Vladimir Dorofeyev as forester Anna Yegorova as Praskovya Ivanovna Yevgeni Grigorev as Konstantin Lvovich, Medical Assistant Nina Grebeshkova as Anya Konstantin Bartashevich as Gunter, German Commandant Rest of cast Viktor Uralsky as partisan Volodya Yevgeni Polosin as The Headmen Ivan Shatillo as Commissar
Awards Mar del Plata International Film Festival, 3° Edition 1960. Best Child Performance (Anna Kamenkova). The 25th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association, 1962 . Ten Best Foreign Films.
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