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Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

Drama Romance War

From the very pages of life itself!

Release Date: 1959, December 1
Directors: Grigoriy Chukhray
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Valentina Ananina, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Lev Borisov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Yevgeni Teterin, Valentina Berezutskaya, Nikolay Smorchkov, Semen Svashenko, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Pyotr Savin, Alevtina Rumyantseva, Ekaterina Savinova

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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