Ballad of a Soldier
1959 · 89 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 11,727 VOTES · DIR. Grigoriy Chukhray
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 701 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:33 Script by V. Yezhov and G. Chukhrai
00:04:41 This is Finch! Eagle!
00:09:46 And I just got a letter from her. The roof is leaking.
00:12:18 - To Georgievsk? - Yes.
00:15:29 Me, too. That's where I'm changing trains.
00:18:19 Russia is a big country.
00:21:03 - Then what? - Home. On leave.
00:25:37 I was in such a hurry. The buses aren't running.
00:27:54 What do you have in that bag? Maybe something flammable?
00:32:38 Hey, citizen, I'm talking to you!
00:35:17 I have some food
00:39:12 And mine is Shura.
00:42:55 What difference does it make if it's two people instead of one?
00:44:55 I'm taking appropriate measures.
00:47:07 Some girls are even better than boys.
00:50:02 during aerial battles, on airfields...
00:56:19 It's a gift for my mother.
00:59:41 I'm from the front. I brought you a package.
01:03:09 It's for me. Sergei sent him!
01:05:00 Tell Sergei that I'm proud of him.
01:09:08 I'm going to my aunt's.
01:14:40 A whole night at home-- you're very lucky!
01:21:39 But what about Aunt Katya?
01:26:14 What's wrong, Alyosha?
Cast & Characters
Vladimir Ivashov
Alyosha Skvortsov
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Shura
Antonina Maksimova
Katerina (Alyosha's Mother)
Nikolay Kryuchkov
The General
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Vasya (The Invalid)
Elza Lezhdey
Liza (The Invalid's Wife)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Gavrilkin (The Train Sentry)
Evgeniy Teterin
The Lieutenant ('A terrible beast')
Valentina Markova
Zoya (Skvortsovs' neighbor)
Mariya Kremneva
Elizaveta Petrovna (Pavlov's Wife)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed701
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:00:33
Final line01:26:14
Production Record
DirectorGrigoriy Chukhray
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes11,727