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Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

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From the very pages of life itself!

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Grigoriy Chukhray
  • Profile picture of Vladimir Ivashov
    Alyosha Skvortsov Vladimir Ivashov
  • Profile picture of Zhanna Prokhorenko
    Shura Zhanna Prokhorenko
  • Profile picture of Antonina Maksimova
    Katerina, Alyosha's Mother Antonina Maksimova
  • Profile picture of Nikolay Kryuchkov
    The General Nikolay Kryuchkov
  • Profile picture of Evgeniy Urbanskiy
    Vasya, the Invalid Evgeniy Urbanskiy
  • Profile picture of Elza Lezhdey
    Liza, the Invalid's Wife Elza Lezhdey
  • Profile picture of Aleksandr Kuznetsov
    Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry Aleksandr Kuznetsov
  • Profile picture of Yevgeni Teterin
    The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast' Yevgeni Teterin

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Keywords

  • world war ii
  • russian soldier
  • soldier
  • soldier on leave
  • return home
  • soldiers of the russian empire
  • blaze of glory