Ballad of a soldier/Ballade du soldat/Ballada o soldate DVD9

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.



Sound: RU EN FR Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: RU EN FR DE ES PT IT NL CS AR HE ZH JP

Video menu: RU EN FR

Technical features b/w 4:3 PAL DVD9