Ballad of a Soldier

From the very pages of life itself!

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.

Drama Romance War

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)

Yevgeni Teterin

(The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast')

Valentina Markova

(Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor)

Mariya Kremneva

(Elizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife)

Vladimir Pokrovskiy

(Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father)

Georgiy Yumatov

(The Driver)

Gennadiy Yukhtin

(Seryozha Pavlov)

Valentina Telegina

(Old Woman Truck Driver)

Lev Borisov

(The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy)

Leonid Chubarov

(Sergeant Major Mos'ko)

Vladimir Kashpur

(Ryaboy)

Valentin Abramov

(Joking Soldier in Train)

Mikhail Dadyko

(Alyosha's Train Companion)

Semen Svashenko

(Old Ukrainian)

Nina Menshikova

(Telegraph Office Clerk)

Valentin Bryleev

(The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy)

Evgeniy Evstigneev

(Truck Driver Who Changed His Mind)

Yuriy Dubrovin

(Pavlov's Buddy)

Valentina Ananina

(Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited))

Aleksey Bakhar

(The Driver (uncredited))

Tatyana Barysheva

(Pavlov's Neighbor (uncredited))

Valentina Berezutskaya

(Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited))

Vera Burlakova

(The Woman with Baby (uncredited))

Aleksandra Danilova

(Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited))

Marina Gavrilko

(Ukrainian Refugee (uncredited))

Zoya Isaeva

(The Train Conductor (uncredited))

Pyotr Kiryutkin

(Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited))

Mayya Kokhanova

(Ukrainian Refugee (uncredited))

Viktor Markin

(The Soldier with Bandaged Hand (uncredited))

Radner Muratov

(Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited))

Artur Nishchyonkin

(Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited))

Sergey Pryanishnikov

(Pavlov's Neighbor (uncredited))

Alevtina Rumyantseva

(The Girl with Bucket (uncredited))

Vsevolod Sanayev

(Part-bit (uncredited))

Pyotr Savin

(The Soldier in Trench (uncredited))

Ekaterina Savinova

(The Train Conductor (uncredited))

Olga Shakhova

(Resident of the Bombed House (uncredited))

Georgi Shapovalov

(Soldier-driver (uncredited))

Nikolay Smorchkov

(The Soldier at Ferry (uncredited))

Evgeniy Steblov

Lyubov Sokolova

(The Woman at Market (uncredited))

Elena Volskaya

(Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited))

Yuriy Yakovlev

(Narrator (uncredited))