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Ballad of a Soldier

Original title: Баллада о солдате

“From the very pages of life itself!”

★ 8.0 TMDB Rating · 229 votes

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
Release date
Dec 1, 1959
Original language
Russian
Origin
Russia

Cast of Ballad of a Soldier

  • Portrait of Vladimir Ivashov

    Vladimir Ivashov

    Alyosha Skvortsov

  • Portrait of Zhanna Prokhorenko

    Zhanna Prokhorenko

    Shura

  • Portrait of Antonina Maksimova

    Antonina Maksimova

    Katerina, Alyosha's Mother

  • Portrait of Nikolay Kryuchkov

    Nikolay Kryuchkov

    The General

  • Portrait of Evgeniy Urbanskiy

    Evgeniy Urbanskiy

    Vasya, the Invalid

  • Portrait of Elza Lezhdey

    Elza Lezhdey

    Liza, the Invalid's Wife

  • Aleksandr Kuznetsov

    Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry

  • Portrait of Yevgeni Teterin

    Yevgeni Teterin

    The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'

  • Portrait of Valentina Markova

    Valentina Markova

    Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor

  • Mariya Kremneva

    Elizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife

  • Portrait of Vladimir Pokrovskiy

    Vladimir Pokrovskiy

    Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father

  • Portrait of Georgiy Yumatov

    Georgiy Yumatov

    The Driver

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United States
Streaming on Darkroom
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Canada
Streaming on Criterion Channel
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