Ballad of a Soldier

Tells the story of a young soldier during World War II who sets out on a ten-day leave to go home and visit his mother. Describes his adventures along the way as he meets a legless soldier terrified at the thought of going home; as he spends half a day looking for the wife of a comrade he has promised to deliver some soap to, but discovers her living with another man; and as he meets a homeless girl and the two share an innocent attachment for a few hours. Explains that the soldier does finally arrive home but has only a brief time to embrace his mother before he must return to the front. Russian with English subtitles.

Credits

Directed by: Grigori Chukhrai
Written by: Grigori Chukhrai, Valentin Ezhov
Cast: Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Vladimir Ivashov, Yevgeni Urbansky
Cinematography: Era Savelyeva, Vladimir Nikolayev
Music: Mikhail Ziv

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Sources

16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record
Wikidata · Q1305092 ↗ — country, genre, credits

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