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