''Girl Seeks Father'' () is a 1959 Soviet children's

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

that was produced by Yuri Bulychyov at the

Belarusfilm Belarusfilm () is the main film studio of Belarus. History Soviet times Belarusfilm, under the name ''Belgoskino'' was founded in 1924. The first film shot at the studio was "The Forest Past" by Yuri Tarich. In 1928, the ''Soviet Belarus'' ...

, directed by Lev Golub, and which stars

Anna Kamenkova Anna Semyonovna Kamenkova (; born April 27, 1953, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater, cinema and dubbing. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Biography Parents Olga Kamenkova-Pavlova and Semyon Gurevich taught Rus ...

, Vladimir Guskov, Nikolai Barmin. Writers: Konstantin Gubarevich, Yevgeny Ryss. In 1959, it was the fifth film in Soviet Union in terms of the box office. It was watched by over 35 million spectators, which makes it the third 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 *

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 Nina Pavlovna Grebeshkova (; 29 November 1930 – 10 May 2025) was a Russian actress, who was married to film director Leonid Gaidai. Over the years of her creative activity, she played more than eighty roles in films (mostly supporting). In 19 ...

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 The Mar del Plata International Film Festival () is an List of film festivals, international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF ...

3° Edition 1960
Best Child Performance (Anna Kamenkova). * The 25th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association, 1962 . Ten Best Foreign Films.

References

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* 1959 films 1959 war films 1959 drama films 1950s war drama films 1950s children's drama films 1950s Soviet films 1950s Russian-language films Soviet children's films Soviet war drama films Soviet World War II films Films based on Russian novels Belarusfilm films Eastern Front of World War II films Partisan films Russian-language war drama films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub