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Saving Bella

2026 · 103 min · War, History, Drama

December 1941. Leningrad. A soldier is assigned to guard the city zoo in the midst of World War II. There, among starving workers and dying animals, he forms an unexpected bond with Bella the hippo. As the siege tightens, this fragile connection becomes his only anchor, forcing him to choose between survival and compassion in a world falling apart.

Writers
Anton Bogdanov, Alexandra Ilyina, Artem Mikhaylov, Dmitry Pinchukov
Released
February 19, 2026
Language
Russian
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