A Siege Diary

World War II. In autumn 1941 the German troops completely surrounded one of the biggest Russian cities — Leningrad. 2,5 million civilians got trapped in the city. The German commandment decided to destroy the city with bombings, artillery attacks and, most importantly, with hunger. The most difficult first winter of the siege (1941 — 1942). A young woman Olga is walking through the whole city to her father. She wants to see him one last time to say goodbye and to ask for his forgiveness.

Olga Ozollapinya

Olga

Sergei Dreiden

Olga's Father

Andrey Shibarshin

Lieutenant Gunther

Darya Rumyantseva

Gretchen

Sonya Uritskaya

ice cream woman

Olga Granina

Olga's mother

Natalia Sanko

Matresha

Polina Simacheva

Lyuba's daughter

Yekaterina Durova

woman with cabinet

Yola Sanko

woman with son on a sled

Romuald Makarenko

Aleksandr Chislov

Matvey Novikov

Artyom Melnichuk

Liliya Bagirova

Polina Filonenko

Mariya Dubina

Aleksey Filimonov