Ballad of a Soldier
Ballada o soldate
From the very pages of life itself!
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Vladimir Ivashov
Alyosha Skvortsov
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Shura
Antonina Maksimova
Katerina (Alyosha's Mother)
Nikolay Kryuchkov
The General
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Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Vasya (The Invalid)
Elza Lezhdey
Liza (The Invalid's Wife)
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Gavrilkin (The Train Sentry)
Evgeniy Teterin
The Lieutenant ('A terrible beast')
Valentina Markova
Zoya (Skvortsovs' neighbor)
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Mariya Kremneva
Elizaveta Petrovna (Pavlov's Wife)
Mikhail Ziv
Composer
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Vladimir Nikolayev
Cinematographer
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Era Savelyeva
Cinematographer
