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… Read more
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Ballad of a Soldier
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Movie · Drama · Romance
1959 · 1h 29m · ★ 98% (12K)
From the very pages of life itself!
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray
Starring: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova
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.
Director
Grigoriy Chukhray
Production
Mosfilm
Cast
Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Elza Lezhdey, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Teterin, Valentina Markova, Mariya Kremneva, Vladimir Pokrovskiy, Georgiy Yumatov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Valentina Telegina, Lev Borisov, Leonid Chubarov, Vladimir Kashpur, Valentin Abramov, Mikhail Dadyko, Semyon Svashenko