| Title | Ballad of a Soldier (1959) |
| Runtime | 1 hr. 28 min. |
| Director | Grigori Chukhraj |
| Country | USSR |
| Studio | Criterion Collection |
| Genres | Drama |
| Description | Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is granted a visit with his mother after he single-handedly fends off two enemy tanks. As he journeys home, Alyosha encounters the devastation of his war-torn country, witnesses glimmers of hope among the people, and falls in love. With its poetic visual imagery, Grigori Chukhrai’s Ballad of a Soldier is an unconventional meditation on the effects of war, and a milestone in Russian cinema. |