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Ballad of a Soldier
(1959)
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Cast
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Vladimir Ivashov | ... |
Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov
(as Volodya Ivashov)
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Zhanna Prokhorenko | ... |
Shura
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Antonina Maksimova | ... |
The mother
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Nikolay Kryuchkov | ... |
The general
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Evgeniy Urbanskiy | ... |
Vasya (the invalid)
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Elza Lezhdey | ... |
The invalid's wife
(as E. Lezhdej)
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov | ... |
Gavrilkin (the train sentry)
(as A. Kuznetsov)
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Evgeniy Teterin | ... |
The lieutenant ('A terrible beast')
(as Ye. Teterin)
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Valentina Markova | ... |
Liza (Pavlov's wife)
(as V. Markova)
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Marina Kremnyova | ... |
Zoya (neighbor girl)
(as M. Kremnnyova)
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Vladimir Pokrovskiy | ... |
Pavlov's invalid father
(as V. Pokrovsky)
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Georgiy Yumatov | ... |
Sergeant giving bars of soap
(as G. Yumatov)
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Gennadiy Yukhtin | ... |
Pvt. Seryozha Pavlov
(as G. Yukhtin)
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Valentina Telegina | ... |
Old woman truck driver
(as V. Telegina)
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Lev Borisov | ... |
Joking soldier on train
(as L. Borisov)
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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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Country:
Soviet UnionLanguage:
RussianRelease Date:
26 December 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Chukrai has made a film that combines the great Russian visual style with the most human of filmmaking. Ivashov is superb as the soldier who knows his duty as well as his family. A movie that reaches and touches its audience for many reasons and on many levels. Of all the Russian films I've seen this is the one that touched my heart.