Academy Award winner Katharine Hepburn stars in Academy Award-winning director George Cukor's adaptation of an enduring American classic novel-Little Women. 1860s New England. As four sisters grow from girls to young adults during the hard times of the United States' Civil War, the difficulties, tragedies and joys they experience tear at-but cannot break-the deep bonds of sisterhood and family in this timeless and heartwarming tale of growth and self-discovery.