Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
With Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Yevgeni Urbansky, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Antonina Maksimova
Directed by Grigori Chukhrai
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. It recounts, within the context of the turmoil of war, various kinds of love: the romantic love of a young couple, the committed love of a married couple, and a mother's love of her child, as a Red Army soldier tries to make it home during a leave. On the way, he meets soldiers and civilians and also falls in love.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
▶ Watch Ballad of a SoldierSaved films live in this browser, no account needed. See your list.
More from POST-WAR
More from the 1950s
FAQ
Where can I watch Ballad of a Soldier for free?
Ballad of a Soldier streams free on MOVIE REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 1h 28m of it.
What year is Ballad of a Soldier from?
Ballad of a Soldier dates from 1959, directed by Grigori Chukhrai. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the POST-WAR channel.
Is Ballad of a Soldier in the public domain?
MOVIE REWIND indexes films that are in the public domain or made freely available on YouTube by their rights holders. Every title is health-checked, so if a copy is pulled it drops out of the rotation.
MOVIE REWIND is free and always will be: no ads, no account, no algorithm. It is kept running by one person, and the catalogue and all of its metadata are given away under CC0. If it showed you something worth watching, you can chip in.
Buy the archivist a coffee