Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Ballada o soldate (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Vladimir Ivashov	...	Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov (as Volodya Ivashov)
	Zhanna Prokhorenko	...	Shura
	Antonina Maksimova	...	The mother
	Nikolai Kryuchkov	...	The general
	Yevgeni Urbansky	...	Vasya (the invalid)
	Elza Lezhdey	...	The invalid's wife (as E. Lezhdej)
	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	...	Gavrilkin (the train sentry) (as A. Kuznetsov)
	Yevgeni Teterin	...	The lieutenant ('A terrible beast') (as Ye. Teterin)
	V. Markova	...	Liza (Pavlov's wife)
	Marina Kremnyova	...	Zoya (neighbor girl) (as M. Kremnnyova)
	Vladimir Pokrovsky	...	Pavlov's invalid father (as V. Pokrovsky)
	Georgi Yumatov	...	Sergeant giving bars of soap (as G. Yumatov)
	Gennadi Yukhtin	...	Pvt. Seryozha Pavlov (as G. Yukhtin)
	Valentina Telegina	...	Old woman truck driver (as V. Telegina)
	Lev Borisov	...	Joking soldier on train (as L. Borisov)

Storyline

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>  

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