Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

Name: Ballad of a Soldier
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1959-12-01
Rating: 8
Cast: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy

From the very pages of life itself!

Drama
Romance
War

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.

Rating: 8 / 10 (230 votes)
Release date: December 1, 1959
Runtime: 1h 29m
Language: Russian
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray
Status: Released