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1.	El Espiritu De La Colmena	1973
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4.	Pepe Le Moko	1937
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6.	Pygmalion	1938
7.	Rashômon	1951
8.	Richard Iii	1955
9.	The Rules Of The Game	1939
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11.	Det Sjunde Inseglet	1957
12.	La Strada	1954
13.	Summertime	1955
14.	Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot	1953
15.	The Third Man	1949
16.	The 39 Steps	1935
17.	Ugetsu	1953
18.	Umberto D.	1952
19.	Virgin Spring	1960
20.	Viridiana	1961
21.	Wages Of Fear	1953
22.	White Sheik	1952
23.	Smultronstället	1957
24.	Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist	1979
25.	Love Goddesses	1965
26.	Great Chase	1962
27.	Grand Illusion: Essential Art House	1937
28.	Ashes And Diamonds	1958
29.	L'avventura	1960
30.	Ballad Of A Soldier	1959
31.	La Belle Et La Bête	1946
32.	Orfeu Negro	1959
33.	Brief Encounter	1945
34.	The Fallen Idol	1948
35.	Nobi	1959
36.	I Pugni In Tasca	1965
37.	Floating Weeds	1959
38.	Forbidden Games	1952
39.	Alexander Nevsky	1938
40.	Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages	1922
41.	Ikiru	1952
42.	The Importance Of Being Earnest	1952
43.	Ivan The Terrible: Part 2	1958
44.	Le Jour Se Lève	1939
45.	Jules Et Jim	1962
46.	Kind Hearts And Coronets	1949
47.	Knife In The Water	1962
48.	The Lady Vanishes	1938
49.	Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp	1943
50.	Loves Of A Blonde	1965
51.	M	1931
52.	The 400 Blows	1959

Ballad Of A Soldier

Criterion/Voyager (Dec 01, 1959)

Drama | Romance | War

Russia | Czech | Color | 01:25

8.2

11,374

1 disc

Region 1

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.

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	Vladimir Ivashov	Alyosha Skvortsov
	Zhanna Prokhorenko	Shura
	Antonina Maksimova	Katerina (Alyosha's Mother)
	Nikolay Kryuchkov	The General
	Evgeniy Urbanskiy	Vasya (The Invalid)
	Elza Lezhdey	Liza (The Invalid's Wife)
	Aleksandr Kuznetsov	Gavrilkin (The Train Sentry)
	Evgeniy Teterin	The Lieutenant ('A terrible beast')
	Valentina Markova	Zoya (Skvortsovs' neighbor)
	Marina Kremnyova	Elizaveta Petrovna (Pavlov's Wife)
	Vladimir Pokrovskiy	Vasiliy Egorovich (Pavlov's father)
	Georgiy Yumatov	The Driver
	Gennadiy Yukhtin	Seryozha Pavlov
	Valentina Telegina	Old Woman Truck Driver
	Lev Borisov	The Soldier (Pavlov's Buddy)
	Leonid Chubarov	Sergeant Major Mos'ko
	Vladimir Kashpur	Ryaboy
	Valentin Abramov	Joking Soldier in Train
	Mikhail Dadyko	Alyosha's Train Companion
	Semyon Svashenko	Old Ukrainian
	Nina Menshikova	Telegraph Office Clerk
	Valentin Bryleev	The Soldier (Pavlov's Buddy)
	Evgeniy Evstigneev	Truck driver who changed his mind
	Yuriy Dubrovin	Pavlov's buddy
	Valentina Ananina	Alyosha's Neighbor

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Director	Grigoriy Chukhray
Writer	Grigoriy Chukhray, Valentin Ezhov
Producer	Pavel Danilyants
Musician	Mikhail Ziv
Photography	Vladimir Nikolayev, Era Savelyeva