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Ballad of a Soldier
From the very pages of life itself!
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.
Where to watch Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel and Darkroom.
Cast
- Vladimir Ivashov as Alyosha Skvortsov
- Zhanna Prokhorenko as Shura
- Antonina Maksimova as Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
- Nikolay Kryuchkov as The General
- Evgeniy Urbanskiy as Vasya, the Invalid
- Elza Lezhdey as Liza, the Invalid's Wife
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry
- Yevgeni Teterin as The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
- Valentina Markova as Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor
- Mariya Kremneva as Elizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife
- Vladimir Pokrovskiy as Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father
- Georgiy Yumatov as The Driver
Details
- Director
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Released
- December 1, 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Studio
- Mosfilm
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 8.0 / 10 from 229 votes
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