Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o Soldate (Баллада о солдате)) (1959)

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Directed by

Grigori Chukhrai

Starring (View all)

Vladimir Ivashov
Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov

Zhanna Prokhorenko
Shura

Antonina Maksimova
The mother

Nikolay Kryuchkov
The general

Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Vasya (the invalid)

Elza Lezhdey
The invalid's wife

Evgeniy Teterin
The lieutenant

Georgiy Yumatov
Sergeant giving bars of soap

Written by

Grigori Chukhrai
(as G. Chukhraj)

Valentin Ezhov
(as V. Yezhov)

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During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.

Release date: 1 December 1959
UPC: 037429167922

Tags: 1950s (7), Soviet Union (5), Romance (4), War (4), Russian (4), Black & White (3), Drama (3), 50's (2), Family (2), Train (2), Hay (1), 501 Must-See (1), Railroad (1), 88 Min. (1), Family Relationships (1), HQ (1), 50s (1), Promise (1), Heroism (1), Army (1)

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"January 13th Directed by: Grigori Chukhrai I love these stories of humanity in wartime. At the beginning I thought this movie was just going to be a straightforward war story with the typical incredible visuals you expect in Russian films, but it becomes so much more. Our lead, seen as a dopey kid at the beginning and a responsible young man at the end is criminally kind, it almost feels like propaganda. Another funny trope you'll see here is the impossibly beautiful young girl who always conv"