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Actors: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ballad of a Soldier |
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BALLAD OF A SOLDIER is a movie cowritten and directed by Grigori Chukhraj in 1959. The picture earned a nomination for the Academy Award in the "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay written directly for the Screen" category.
The setting is Russia, during WWII. Thanks to an act of heroism, Private Aliusha Skvortsov obtains the permission to visit his mother and leave the front for 6 days. On his way home, he'll get acquainted with a crippled soldier, with the adulterous wife and the father of one of his companions of war and with a young girl whom with he'll begin an innocent love story. Because of numerous delays, he'll finally see his mother only to leave her a few moments later in order to get back to the front.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Ballad of a Soldier |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Russian
Woman/class/friends story?
- story of lower class
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- Russian
Kind of conflict:
- war (general)
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- a teen
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- moving train
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Russian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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