Ballad of a Soldier

Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray
1959    89m    Not Rated
Drama, Romance, War
8.293%93%
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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.
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Cast of Ballad of a Soldier
  • Vladimir IvashovAlyosha Skvortsov
  • Zhanna ProkhorenkoShura
  • Antonina MaksimovaKaterina, Alyosha's Mother
  • Nikolay KryuchkovThe General
  • Evgeniy UrbanskiyVasya, the Invalid
  • Elza LezhdeyLiza, the Invalid's Wife
  • Aleksandr KuznetsovGavrilkin, the Train Sentry
  • Yevgeni TeterinThe Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
  • Valentina MarkovaZoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor
  • Mariya KremnevaElizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife
  • Vladimir PokrovskiyVasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father
  • Georgiy YumatovThe Driver
  • Gennadiy YukhtinSeryozha Pavlov
  • Valentina TeleginaOld Woman Truck Driver
  • Lev BorisovThe Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
  • Leonid ChubarovSergeant Major Mos'ko
  • Vladimir KashpurRyaboy
  • Valentin AbramovJoking Soldier in Train
  • Mikhail DadykoAlyosha's Train Companion
  • Semen SvashenkoOld Ukrainian
  • Nina MenshikovaTelegraph Office Clerk
  • Valentin BryleevThe Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
  • Evgeniy EvstigneevTruck Driver Who Changed His Mind
  • Yuriy DubrovinPavlov's Buddy
  • Valentina AnaninaAlyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Alexey BaharThe Driver (uncredited)
  • Tatyana BaryshevaPavlov's Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Valentina BerezutskayaAlyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Vera BurlakovaThe Woman with Baby (uncredited)
  • Aleksandra DanilovaAlyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Marina GavrilkoUkrainian Refugee (uncredited)
  • Zoya IsaevaThe Train Conductor (uncredited)
  • Pyotr KiryutkinAlyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
  • Mayya KokhanovaUkrainian Refugee (uncredited)
  • Viktor MarkinThe Soldier with Bandaged Hand (uncredited)
  • Radner MuratovAlyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
  • Artur NishchyonkinAlyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
  • Sergey PryanishnikovPavlov's Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Alevtina RumyantsevaThe Girl with Bucket (uncredited)
  • Vsevolod SanayevPart-bit (uncredited)
  • Pyotr SavinThe Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
  • Ekaterina SavinovaThe Train Conductor (uncredited)
  • Olga ShakhovaResident of the Bombed House (uncredited)
  • Georgi ShapovalovSoldier-driver (uncredited)
  • Nikolay SmorchkovThe Soldier at Ferry (uncredited)
  • Lyubov SokolovaThe Woman at Market (uncredited)
  • Evgeniy SteblovPart-bit (uncredited)
  • Elena VolskayaAlyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Yuriy YakovlevNarrator (uncredited)
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