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Ballad of a Soldier is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Grigori Tchoukhraï released in USA on 20 december 1959 with Vladimir Ivashov
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
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Add to a movie listBallad of a Soldier (Russian: Баллада о солдате, Ballada o soldate), is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starring Vladimir Ivashov and Zhanna Prokhorenko. While set during World War II, Ballad of a Soldier is not primarily a war film. It recounts, within the context of the turmoil of war, various kinds of love: the romantic love of a young couple, the committed love of a married couple, and a mother's love of her child, as a Red Army soldier tries to make it home during a leave, meeting several civilians on his way and falling in love. The film was produced at Mosfilm and won several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source and was nominated for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay.
Synopsis
A middle-aged farm woman walks through her village and gazes down a country road. A voiceover reveals that her son was killed in the war and buried in a foreign land.Actors
Vladimir Ivashov
(Private Alyosha Skvortsov)
Janna Prokhorenko
(Shura)
Nikolai Kryuchkov
(The General)
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
(Truck Driver Who Changed His Mind)
Georgi Yumatov
(The Driver)
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