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Ballad of a Soldier, (Баллада о солдате, Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 Soviet Union award-winning motion picture drama directed by Grigori Chukhrai that is set in World War II.

Storyline

Ballad of a Soldier is not primarily a "war story" but 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. The film tells the story of a young soldier making his way through the countryside during the first few months of the war at a time when the Soviet Union seemed destined to fall to the powerful Nazi onslaught. Awarded a six-day pass for destroying two German tanks, Alyosha (Vladimir Ivashov) makes his way home to visit his mother. However, his journey changes when he hops a freight train and discovers a young girl stowed away in the railcar.

Main cast

Vladimir Ivashov - Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov
Zhanna Prokhorenko
- Shura
Antonina Maksimova - The mother
Nikolai Kryuchkov - The general
Yevgeni Urbansky - Vasya
Elza Lezhdey - Vasya's wife

Awards

BAFTA Award for Best Film, 1961
Cannes Film Festival
- Special jury prize
San Francisco International Film Festival
- winner, Golden Gate Award for Best Film
San Francisco International Film Festival - winner, Golden Gate Award for Best Director - Grigori Chukhrai
Nominated: Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay - Grigori Chukhrai, Valentin Yezhov

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