Ballada O Soldate (1959)
Also known as Ballad of a Soldier
1959 · Feature film · 89 min · dir. Grigoriy Chukhray
From the very pages of life itself!
- Drama
- Romance
- War
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Writer
- Valentin Ezhov
- Composer
- Mikhail Ziv
- Cinematography
- Era Savelyeva
- Studio
- Mosfilm
- Released
- 1959-12-01
- Original title
- Баллада о солдате
- Running time
- 89 minutes
Cast & crew
Grigoriy Chukhray Director
Vladimir Ivashov
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Antonina Maksimova
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Elza Lezhdey
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Yevgeni Teterin
