Ballad of a Soldier

Баллада о солдате

1959·89'

Grigoriy Chukhray

WarDramaRomance

★ 8.0

Letterboxd TMDB #46592

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

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