Criterion spine #148
Ballad of a Soldier
1959Directed by Grigori ChukhraiSoviet Union88 min
Ballad of a Soldier (Russian: Баллада о солдате, romanized: Ballada o soldate) 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.…
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