Original Title: Ballada o soldate
Directed by: Grigori Chukhrai
Starring: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko
Run time: 88 minutes
Starring: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko
Run time: 88 minutes
Soldiers are not just soldiers they are our brother, father, sister, and most of it; son. On of the soldier is the central of this story; Private Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov). A young soldier who happen to destroy two German tanks, thus is given a medal by his superior. However Alyosha wants something more, he wanted a leave so he can fix the roof of his mother's house. With his youthful looks and naivety, Alyosha is representing the common soldier from the lower class of Russian society.
Given the leave, Alyosha went into a road trip where he met so many people and small adventures that shows him that in this terrible times, kindness still existed. Behind the lines of war he witness a veteran who lost his leg and a woman secretly betraying her husband while spending some quality time in the train with Shura, (Zhanna Prokhorenko) a wandering girl, boarding on the train illegally too.
These small adventures are not just mere accessories but a simple story on how the society at that time functions. The frustration, sadness and hope was all presented equally.
Without any political rhetoric or even the usual Soviet propaganda, this film is a humanist one and shows the sacrifice individuals have to make in the war. This one is a perfect companion to The Cranes Are Flying, one of the best Soviet films in years and makes us feel, there shouldn't be any wars anymore so no sons shall be separated from their mothers.
Given the leave, Alyosha went into a road trip where he met so many people and small adventures that shows him that in this terrible times, kindness still existed. Behind the lines of war he witness a veteran who lost his leg and a woman secretly betraying her husband while spending some quality time in the train with Shura, (Zhanna Prokhorenko) a wandering girl, boarding on the train illegally too.
These small adventures are not just mere accessories but a simple story on how the society at that time functions. The frustration, sadness and hope was all presented equally.
Without any political rhetoric or even the usual Soviet propaganda, this film is a humanist one and shows the sacrifice individuals have to make in the war. This one is a perfect companion to The Cranes Are Flying, one of the best Soviet films in years and makes us feel, there shouldn't be any wars anymore so no sons shall be separated from their mothers.
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