The Little Bird Danced the Polka

11 hrs. 57 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Olga Butler

Narrator Veronika Raytsiz

A story about an extraordinary woman who strives to preserve her dignity in any circumstances. A tale filled with deep emotions and honesty. The image of the main heroine was based on the actress of the Satire Theater, Valentina Georgievna Tokarskaya. Anna, a star of Soviet cinema and the music hall, is surrounded by famous actors and writers. But war changes everything: she ends up in German captivity and then in Vorkuta, where she participates in operettas of the “serf” theater beyond the Arctic Circle. For the actors, it is not only service to art, but also a way to survive. In this remote land, Anna faces unexpected encounters and finds love. The book is dedicated to Valentina Tokarskaya, People’s Artist of Russia, whose life was subjected to the trials of the twentieth century.

The House That Doesn't Exist (narrated by Ekaterina Babkova) The House That Is No More (narrated by Ekaterina Babkova) The Genius of Unrequited Love (narrated by Marina Moskvina) The Rabbit Hutch (narrated by Natalya Maltseva) Prayer Book (narrated by Elena Delver) The Poplar Float (narrated by Stanislav Ivanov) Taiga, General Delivery (narrated by Veronika Raytsiz) Three from Jean-Paris (narrated by Victoria Fyodorova) The Defense of Joseph Vintz (narrated by Agafya Maksimova) 0. Doctor, Don't Trip Over the Kerb! (narrated by Veronika Raytsiz) 0. The Twenty-Sixth (narrated by Elena Shemet) 0. Semolina Porridge for Three (narrated by Elena Delver) 0. The Last Pioneer (narrated by Roman Pokryshkin) 0. The Little Bird Danced the Polka 0. A Romance with the Moon (narrated by Marina Moskvina) 0. A Happy Tail – A Happy Me! (narrated by Yulia Yu. Mezentseva, Elena Chernysheva) 0. Pearls (narrated by Victoria Fyodorova)

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