
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Original Title: Баллада о солдате
Drama
Romance
War
8.0 (203 votes)
1h 29m
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.
Details
- Director
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Writer
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Original Language
- Russian
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Antonina Maksimova
Elza Lezhdey
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Mariya Kremneva
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Valentina Markova
Vladimir Ivashov
Yevgeni Teterin
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Keywords
blaze of glory
reflective
return home
russian soldier
soldier
soldier on leave
soldiers of the russian empire
world war ii
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