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Ballad of a Soldier
1959 8.0 (200 votes) 1h 29m
Genres
Drama Romance War
Production Companies
Mosfilm

Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате)

From the very pages of life itself!

Overview

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.

Key Crew

Director: Grigoriy Chukhray

Writer: Valentin Ezhov, Grigoriy Chukhray

Director of Photography: Era Savelyeva, Vladimir Nikolayev

Top Cast

Vladimir Ivashov
Vladimir Ivashov

Alyosha Skvortsov

Zhanna Prokhorenko
Zhanna Prokhorenko

Shura

Antonina Maksimova
Antonina Maksimova

Katerina, Alyosha's Mother

Nikolay Kryuchkov
Nikolay Kryuchkov

The General

Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Evgeniy Urbanskiy

Vasya, the Invalid

Elza Lezhdey
Elza Lezhdey

Liza, the Invalid's Wife

Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry

Yevgeni Teterin
Yevgeni Teterin

The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'

Videos

Ballad of a Soldier (Trailer English)

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