Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
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👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 93%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Vladimir Ivashov as Alyosha Skvortsov
Zhanna Prokhorenko as Shura
Antonina Maksimova as Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
Nikolay Kryuchkov as The General
Evgeniy Urbanskiy as Vasya, the Invalid
Elza Lezhdey as Liza, the Invalid's Wife
Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry
Yevgeni Teterin as The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
Is Ballad of a Soldier good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 229 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 93%.
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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. Wikipedia ↗
