Devochka ishchet otsa (1959) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama (original) (raw)

Great war movie almost unknown even in Russia

That was just an amazing experience to watch this movie on TV yesterday. Old forester and his grandson found little girl, which mom was killed by Germans. And then you will see such a moving story of two poor children, hunt by German solders, collaborating scum and dogs in the forests, struggling to survive almost for whole movie. Germans, trying to catch 5 years old girl to make her their hostage, because her father is the Soviet partisan commander, and young boy trying to save her. For some time, when little baby was lost in the forest alone or when Germans finally caught two children your hope is almost broken, but surprisingly, this movie have happy end. It is a simple story, that reminds “Hotaru no haka” but you just sit on the edge of your seat through the all movie.