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Ballad of a Soldier

Sunday 5th May 4:00pm


Directed by: Grigori Chukhrai
Released: 1959
Certificate: PG
Run time: 88 minutes
View trailer on Youtube: Click here

During WWII, infantry soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is given six days leave from fighting on the front line to visit his mother back home.

On his way, he finds friendships and conflict, romance and heartbreak, and love that survives war.

Winner of BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

Russian, with English Subtitles.

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