Ballad of a Soldier

Movie

1959

1h 29m

Not Rated

Russian

Drama, Romance, War

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Ballad of a Soldier

Not Rated

Movie

1959

1h 29m

Russian

Drama, Romance, War

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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.

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Cast

Alyosha Skvortsov

Shura

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

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Seryozha Pavlov

Valentina Telegina

Old Woman Truck Driver

Lev Borisov

The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy

Leonid Chubarov

Sergeant Major Mos'ko

Vladimir Kashpur

Ryaboy

Valentin Abramov

Joking Soldier in Train

Mikhail Dadyko

Alyosha's Train Companion

Semen Svashenko

Old Ukrainian

Nina Menshikova

Telegraph Office Clerk

Valentin Bryleev

The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Truck Driver Who Changed His Mind

Yuriy Dubrovin

Pavlov's Buddy

Valentina Ananina

Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)

Directed By: Grigoriy Chukhray

Written By: Valentin Ezhov, Grigoriy Chukhray

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Kizhe-deleted-1584360674 says...

5 years ago

This was beautifully sad.. I got into this movie not knowing anything about it and the first minute made me tear up. The story is so simple and it's this simplicity that makes it so sad, the fact that Alyosha is such a simple person who lived such a simple life and now he is in this hell called World War II. This movie shows that you don't need giant and expensive and gorry scenes of men just bleeding and dying and shooting to understand the tragedy of war, it only uses a scene of a mother simply hugging her son for a few seconds, now THAT is the beauty of real cinema. And the final minute of this movie can be talked about for hours and still it won't be enough to describe how perfect and deep it is. 10/10

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Maarten Delfgou says...

3 years ago

The original title of the film is Ballada o soldate.

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