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8.0During 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.
Released: 1959-12-0189 minDir: Grigoriy ChukhrayDrama, Romance, War
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- Vladimir Ivashov as Alyosha Skvortsov
- Zhanna Prokhorenko as Shura
- Antonina Maksimova as Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
- Nikolay Kryuchkov as The General
- Evgeniy Urbanskiy as Vasya, the Invalid
- Elza Lezhdey as Liza, the Invalid's Wife
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Ballad of a Soldier (Russian: Баллада о солдате, romanized: Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 Soviet war romance film directed and co-written by Grigory Chukhray 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. On the way, he meets soldiers and civilians and also falls 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 an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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1950s drama road movies1950s teen drama films1950s war drama films1950s war romance films1959 drama films1959 films1959 romantic drama films1959 Russian-language films1959 Soviet filmsBest Film BAFTA Award winnersFilms about amputeesFilms about mother–son relationshipsFilms about the Eastern Front (World War II)