Ballad of a Soldier

Name: Ballad of a Soldier
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray
Released: 1959
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy

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.

00:12:20 I'm from Uzlovaya. We're neighbors!

00:15:32 Going home? - Yes, I've finished fighting.

00:18:33 It's despicable to think that way!

00:21:09 I'm telling the truth. I knocked out two tanks!

00:25:56 So, citizen, are you going to take this car or not?

00:28:15 So, you're trying to bribe a guard?

00:33:12 I threw my things out because of you.

00:35:50 No.

00:39:34 I'm coming, Comrade Lieutenant. Something's jammed.

00:43:09 You've got it made: hay, a girl--

00:45:09 I have only two days, and I'm already late.

00:47:25 - Maybe you were in love and didn't notice. - With her? No.

00:51:30 What can you do!

00:56:37 It's not far-- Chekhov Street.

01:00:17 I can't.

01:03:33 This means he's alive.

01:05:35 Let's go, let's go, let's go.

01:09:38 Write to me! To the village of Sosnovka.

01:17:46 Everyone else will have to stay behind and wait.

01:23:55 There are no men-- all women.

01:28:02 a Russian soldier.

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 line01:28:02

Production Record

DirectorGrigoriy Chukhray

LanguageRussian

IMDb votes11,727