Ballad of a Soldier 1959 torrent

Audio:AC-3 russian
Subtitle:Chinese

Director: Grigory Chukhrai
Script: Valentin Yezhov, Grigory Chukhrai
Camera: Vladimir Nikolayev
Music by: Mikhail Ziv


Genre: War
Running time: 90 min.


Description
This film had a triumphant run over the world�s movie screens. The main hero is a Russian soldier, Alyosha Skvortsov, one of the many who made the victory over Fascism possible. He is neither an action movie hero, nor a conqueror. This simple boy, who was panic-stricken at the first sight of an enemy tank, overcomes his fear and manages to hit two enemy machines. However, battle scenes do not take much of the film's time. For his fighting exploits Alyosha is awarded a two-day's leave to visit his mother. He meets many different people on his way and is ready to help everybody. That leaves him just a few minutes to spend with his mother a few words, a hug, and he is off for the front again... to never come back.

Cast
Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maximova, Nikolai Kriuchkov, Yevgheny Urbansky

Awards
Prize for Best Competition Film Program (along with the film "Lady With a Dog") and Prize for Best Film For Youth at the Cannes IFF, 1960
Golden Gate Award - the first prize at the San Francisco IFF, 1960
David Donatello Prize for the Best Foreign-Language Film in Italy
Grand Prize at the London IFF, 1960
Oscar nomination of Valentin Yezhov and Grigory Chukhrai for Best Original Screenplay, 1961
Special features
Pictures and filmography of the film's authors
Candids from the shooting ground
An interview with the director G. Chukhrai
Newsreels of the 1941 parade in Red Square.