Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier
Ballad of a Soldier is a 1959 Soviet Union Drama, Romance, War It stars Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov. During 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.
- Genre: Drama, Romance, War
- Country: Soviet Union
- Cast: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Elza Lezhdey, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Teterin, Valentina Markova, Mariya Kremneva, Vladimir Pokrovskiy, Georgiy Yumatov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Valentina Telegina, Lev Borisov