---
title: 'Ballad of a Soldier (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Grigori Chukhrai'
released: '1959-12-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ballad-of-a-soldier-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052600/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

1959 · 88 min · Drama, War, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Баллада о солдате

## Synopsis

Ballad of a Soldier is a 1959 Soviet war romance film directed and co-written by Grigory Chukhray and starring Vladimir Ivashov and Zhanna Prokhorenko. While set during World War II, Ballad of a Soldier is not primarily a war film. It recounts, within the context of the turmoil of war, various kinds of love: the romantic love of a young couple, the committed love of a married couple, and a mother's love of her child, as a Red Army soldier tries to make it home during a leave. On the way, he meets soldiers and civilians and also falls in love.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Grigori Chukhrai](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-chukhrai)
- **Screenplay:** [Grigori Chukhrai](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-chukhrai), [Valentin Ezhov](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-ezhov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mikhail Ziv](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-ziv)
- **Director of Photography:** [Era Savelyeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/era-savelyeva), [Vladimir Nikolayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-nikolayev)

## Cast

- [Vladimir Ivashov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-ivashov)
- [Antonina Maksimova](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonina-maksimova)
- [Yevgeni Urbansky](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeni-urbansky)
- [Nikolai Kryuchkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-kryuchkov)
- [Zhanna Prokhorenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhanna-prokhorenko)

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