Ballad of a Soldier
Баллада о солдате
Release: 1959-12-01
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 7.9
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Vera Burlakova
as The Woman with Baby (uncredited)
Pyotr Savin
as The Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
Nikolay Smorchkov
as The Soldier at Ferry (uncredited)
Elena Volskaya
as Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Zhanna Prokhorenko
as Shura
Georgiy Yumatov
as The Driver
Leonid Chubarov
as Sergeant Major Mos'ko
Mikhail Dadyko
as Alyosha's Train Companion
Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Truck Driver Who Changed His Mind
Yuriy Dubrovin
as Pavlov's Buddy
Valentina Berezutskaya
as Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Semen Svashenko
as Old Ukrainian
Artur Nishchyonkin
as Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
Evgeniy Steblov
Yuriy Yakovlev
as Narrator (uncredited)
Valentin Bryleev
as The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
Aleksey Bakhar
as The Driver (uncredited)
Nikolay Kryuchkov
as The General
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
as Vasya, the Invalid
Valentina Markova
as Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor
Lev Borisov
as The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
Pyotr Kiryutkin
as Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
Elza Lezhdey
as Liza, the Invalid's Wife
Yevgeni Teterin
as The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
Vladimir Pokrovskiy
as Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father
Tatyana Barysheva
as Pavlov's Neighbor (uncredited)
Alevtina Rumyantseva
as The Girl with Bucket (uncredited)
Ekaterina Savinova
as The Train Conductor (uncredited)
Lyubov Sokolova
as The Woman at Market (uncredited)
Gennadiy Yukhtin
as Seryozha Pavlov
Valentina Telegina
as Old Woman Truck Driver
Valentin Abramov
as Joking Soldier in Train
Valentina Ananina
as Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Viktor Markin
as The Soldier with Bandaged Hand (uncredited)
Radner Muratov
as Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
Vladimir Ivashov
as Alyosha Skvortsov
Nina Menshikova
as Telegraph Office Clerk
Aleksandra Danilova
as Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Marina Gavrilko
as Ukrainian Refugee (uncredited)
Vsevolod Sanayev
as Part-bit (uncredited)
Antonina Maksimova
as Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry
Vladimir Kashpur
as Ryaboy
Zoya Isayeva
as The Train Conductor (uncredited)
