Girl Seeks Father (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1959 · 92 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Lev Golub

Starring

Дмитрий Сорокин, Nina Grebeshkova, Anna Kamenkova, Vladimir Guskov, Viktor Uralsky, Alevtina Rumyantseva

Set in wartime Russia, the story follows a five‑year‑old girl who flees Nazi forces while searching for her father, a Soviet partisan commander. The Nazis aim to capture her as leverage, and a courageous young boy risks everything to protect her. At times she becomes lost in the forest and the children are seized, testing hope to its limits.