Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection
by Grigori Chukhrai
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Actor: Antonina Maksimova, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Vladimir Ivashov, Yevgeni Urbansky, Zhanna ProkhorenkoDirector: Grigori Chukhrai
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Russian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 5 Stars
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A simple story that's also very moving and impeccably made, Ballad of a Soldier tells the story of a Soviet soldier who's given leave but watches as his furlough rapidly diminishes before he even gets home; with wonderful direction and a perfect conclusion, it's a film to remember.
Summary of Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection
Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is granted a visit with his mother after he singlehandedly fends off two enemy tanks. As he journeys home, Alyosha encounters the devastation of his war-torn country, witnesses glimmers of hope among the people, and falls in love. With its poetic visual imagery, Grigori Chukhrai's Ballad of a Soldier is an unconventional meditation on the effects of war, and a milestone in Russian cinema.Grigory Chukhraj's poetic odyssey of an accidental hero on a six-day pass is a sentimental journey through the ideals of the Soviet state in World War II. Vladimir Ivashov is the fresh-faced signalman whose trip from the Russian front to visit his white-haired mother becomes a series of detours as he stops to help the loyal comrades, fellow soldiers, and salt-of-the-earth civilians (as well as a few shirkers and scoundrels) he meets along the way. On a transport train he even falls in love with a pretty young stowaway, a feisty blond girl-next-door on her way to visit a wounded boyfriend. Delicately photographed and gently paced, this deliriously romantic road movie is undeniably Soviet in its celebration of patriotism and collectivism, but Chukhraj transcends politics with delightfully vivid characters and a deft mix of comedy, melodrama, and romance. --Sean Axmaker
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