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Ballad of a Soldier
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.
1959 · Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray · 89 min · Drama · Romance · War · 8 frames
Tagline
From the very pages of life itself!
Crew
- Written by: Valentin Ezhov, Grigoriy Chukhray
- Cinematography: Era Savelyeva, Vladimir Nikolayev
- Edited by: Mariya Timofeyeva
- Music: Mikhail Ziv
- Production design: Boris Nemechek
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
Production
- Country: Soviet Union
- Language: Russian
- Studios: Mosfilm
- Themes: world war ii, russian soldier, soldier, soldier on leave, return home, reflective, soldiers of the russian empire, blaze of glory
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