Ballad of a Soldier (Russian: Ð'аллада о Ñ Ð¾Ð»Ð´Ð°Ñ‚Ðµ,
Ballada o soldate), is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Grigori Chukhrai
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, meeting several
civilians on his way and falling 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 the Oscar for Best Original
Screenplay.A middle-aged farm woman walks through her village and
gazes down a country road. A voiceover reveals that her son was killed
in the war and buried in a foreign land.On the Eastern Front,
nineteen-year-old Private Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov)
single-handedly destroys two attacking German tanks, more out of
self-preservation than bravery. His commanding general wants to give
him a decoration, but Alyosha asks instead for a leave to see his
mother and to repair the leaking roof of their home. He is given six
days.During his journey, he sees the devastation the war has wrought
on the country and meets various people. When the jeep Alyosha is
riding gets stuck in the mud, Private Pavlov helps push it out. As
Alyosha will be passing through his home city, Pavlov persuades him to
take a present to Pavlov's wife. Pavlov's sergeant reluctantly parts
with two bars of soap, the entire supply for their platoon.
Ballada o soldate), is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Grigori Chukhrai
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, meeting several
civilians on his way and falling 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 the Oscar for Best Original
Screenplay.A middle-aged farm woman walks through her village and
gazes down a country road. A voiceover reveals that her son was killed
in the war and buried in a foreign land.On the Eastern Front,
nineteen-year-old Private Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov)
single-handedly destroys two attacking German tanks, more out of
self-preservation than bravery. His commanding general wants to give
him a decoration, but Alyosha asks instead for a leave to see his
mother and to repair the leaking roof of their home. He is given six
days.During his journey, he sees the devastation the war has wrought
on the country and meets various people. When the jeep Alyosha is
riding gets stuck in the mud, Private Pavlov helps push it out. As
Alyosha will be passing through his home city, Pavlov persuades him to
take a present to Pavlov's wife. Pavlov's sergeant reluctantly parts
with two bars of soap, the entire supply for their platoon.
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