Saving Bella (2026)

Saving Bella is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under 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.

TMDB records an audience rating of 4.8/10 based on 5 votes.

Release date: February 19, 2026 · Runtime: 103 minutes · Original language: Russian

Director: Anton Bogdanov · Cast: Slava Kopeykin, Yulia Peresild, Stasya Miloslavskaya, Viktor Sukhorukov, Ivan Dobronravov

Genres: War, History, Drama