Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
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.
Ballad of a SoldierDrama, Romance, War
Cast
- Vladimir Ivashov — Alyosha Skvortsov
- Zhanna Prokhorenko — Shura
- Antonina Maksimova — Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
- Nikolay Kryuchkov — The General
- Evgeniy Urbanskiy — Vasya, the Invalid
- Elza Lezhdey — Liza, the Invalid's Wife
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov — Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry
- Yevgeni Teterin — The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
- Valentina Markova — Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor
- Mariya Kremneva — Elizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife
- Vladimir Pokrovskiy — Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father
- Georgiy Yumatov — The Driver
Where to watch Ballad of a Soldier
Criterion Channel, Darkroom
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