In Pskov, the premiere of the documentary film “Children’s Game”

The premiere of the documentary film “Children’s Game”, created by the State Archives of the Pskov region, took place in the Pskov House of Youth. The film tells about the fate of children who witnessed the German occupation during the Great Patriotic War. This was reported in the group of archives in the social network “Vkontakte”.

The film was first shown on October 22, the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Burnt Villages of the Pskov Region. The script is based on the stories of real children who survived the war.

“In total, more than 216,000 children died during the war. According to the Book of Memory, during the years of occupation of the territory of the modern Pskov region by punitive forces killed 741 children under 5 years, 1960 children under 16 years. 13,426 children were stolen for hard labor, said Natalia Isakova, director of the State Archives of the Pskov Region.

“For archivists, filmmaking is infrequent. But the available materials were literally requested in the script for such a picture. We used all our resources to create it, engaged for filming, voice acting, selection of props of our friends and archivists. A huge thank you to all my colleagues. However, the main characters were archival documents, said Natalia Isakova.

The film uses the memoirs of Natalia Pavlova from the village of Monastyrok, recorded by the archive during an interview in 2024, the testimony of Galina Khitrovaya, a survivor in the village of Laneva Gora, from the archive criminal case of the FSB of Russia in the Pskov region and the memories of Misha Lunev about the tragedy in the village of Bolshaya Gorushka of the Dnovsky district, sent to the archive in the early 2000s. Children's testimonies supplement the records from the military diary of a German officer who fought in the Pskov region.

The first viewers of the film were students of Pskov colleges and Pskov State University.

From October 26, special screenings of the painting will be held in the Museum of the History of Occupation and Genocide of the Pskov Region. Applications are accepted from groups of not more than 20 people by phone 8 (8112) 22-00-45 on working days from 10:00 to 18:00.