Rent Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
3.9 of 5 from 74 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
- In the middle of the Second World War, Alyosha (Vladimir Ivashov) is commended for destroying two German tanks. Rather than take a medal, he requests a four-day pass to visit his mother. The film is about this journey and the life enhancing encounters therein.
- Actors:
- Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Yevgeni Urbansky, Elza Lezhdey, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Teterin, V. Markova, Marina Kremnyova, Vladimir Pokrovsky, Georgi Yumatov, Gennadi Yukhtin, Valentina Telegina, Lev Borisov
- Directors:
- Grigoriy Chukhray
- Writers:
- Grigoriy Chukhray, Valentin Ezhov
- Others:
- Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
- Aka:
- Ballada o soldate
- Studio:
- Nouveaux Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of Soviet Silent Cinema, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Top 10 Films About Trains: Westerns and War Movies, Top 10 Films of 1959
- Countries:
- Russia
- Awards:
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Reviews (2) of Ballad of a Soldier
A beautiful film - Ballad of a Soldier review by SoniaGee
I seldom write a review, but this film was (to me) beautiful. B+W, 1949--it was made, still with
some footage of war, and the aftermath of it.
The personal relationships in it, were most moving.
Yes--perhaps done for the Communist dogma, but lovely , for all that.
I was gripped throughout..........and recommend.
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Dull stuff - Ballad of a Soldier review by JG
Hoping for much better having recently seen the terrific The Cranes are Flying, made during the same period. This is saccharine commi kitsch, made to please the Party bosses, full of wholesome patriotic young heroes, filmed in what was by then a diluted and cliched Soviet style.
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