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
as Zoya Kosmodem'yanskaya
Ростислав Плятт
as German Soldier
Yekaterina Skvortsova
as Zoya as a child
Kseniya Tarasova
as Zoya's Mother
Nikolai Ryzhov
as Zoya's Father
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as Boris Fomin
Boris Poslavsky
as Owl
Владимир Волчик
as Komsomol Secretary
Vera Popova
as Hostess of the house
Tamara Altseva
as Anna Sergeevna, Zoya's Teacher
Zoya Zhukova
as Zina, Zoya's classmate
Nikolai Bogatyryov
as Petya Vasilev
