Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

8.2Not Rated88 minDirector: Grigori Chukhrai

During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.

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Vladimir Ivashov
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Yevgeni Urbansky
Nikolai Kryuchkov
Antonina Maksimova
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