Ballad of a soldier | DRAMA | FULL MOVIE

The Great Patriotic War. Young soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is given a few days off so that he can visit his mother. On the way to his native village, he meets people whom he cannot pass by - he helps everyone, he has no right to refuse anyone. And the days given to him to meet his mother are melting before our eyes... There are almost no battle scenes in the film, because war is not only death, war is also such a life.
IMDb rating: 8,2
Year of production: 1959
Director: Chukhrai Grigory
Writers: Ezhov Valentin, Chukhrai Grigory
Composer: Ziv Michael
DOP: Nikolaev Vladimir, Savelyeva Era
Production Designer: Boris Nemechek
Cast: Zhanna Prokhorenko, Evgeny Evstigneev, Evgeny Urbansky, Vladimir Pokrovsky, Evgeny Teterin, Vladimir Ivashov, Georgy Yumatov, Antonina Maksimova, Valentina Telegina, Gennady Yukhtin, Elza Lezhdey, Maria Kremneva, Nikolai Kryuchkov

[@TheArtsBookstoregr]

One of the greatest movies ever, long live the great Russian People.

[@ngocanh9201]

The movie is very good. I like it very much. Him not saying he loves the girl is an action that for me has a great meaning. Furthermore, mother-child love is shown extremely well. I really like it. emotional. Thank you for leaving a movie that helped me better understand the Soviet Union and the Great Patriotic War.❤

[@baroqueman1]

The actress who played Shura was an absolutely beautiful girl, in this most moving of films.

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@arkamaiti2284]

@@mikeoz4803 world film is a very big area.

[@rushz1875]

For those who are wondering, this movie actually went viral in Japan during 90s, thanked to the famous Japanese rock band Spitz that wrote a hit song telling about this movie.

[@alejandrahauca7657]

Не знала, спасибо за информацию

[@alejandrahauca7657]

А сам фильм тоже смотрели в Японии или только клип?

[@LinhNguyen-yv7ql]

thks for the info.

[@christiancasillas561]

came here from reading chainsaw man and it makes sense now since the author apparently has a passion for movies and references them in his works.

[@Alecsejj13]

Hello Can you tell me the name of the track?

[@jeanbachbeuyukian993]

C 'est mon film préféré .Vive la Russie.

[@LinhNguyen-yv7ql]

Old Soviet films always are the best.

[@chimedemon]

I feel a little awkward knowing I found this film due to Chainsaw Man, but I'm so glad I did. It's such a beautiful film and I definitely cried.. man, I wanna call my mom tonight. Never let go of your love, your inner childlike romantic side, and I hope you're all doing well. Take care :)

[@vagabondyacine7987]

I cried like denji too...

[@rubemartur8239]

here because of CSM,,,,

[@vagabondyacine7987]

@@rubemartur8239 same but there's no shame, we should be grateful we discovered that gem

[@rubemartur8239]

@@vagabondyacine7987 i finished the movie... maaaaan i cried, no wonder why some less hearted child and a devil cried too...

[@MrJarred8]

There is definitely no bad way to discover a good movie, especially if this is a hidden gem. And Chainsaw Man is a masterpiece in his own medium, so this is a perfect score.

[@user-ri8qy4by2w]

Этот фильм разрывает сердце. Мы в СССР воспитаны на таких фильмах!

[@friendly1huda7]

Watched at least 30 times in last 50 years. Will watch again until I die. Greatest masterpiece on war. Simple, charismatic, powerful and yet mind blowing. What a story! I wonder why is Hollywood's unable to make this kind of movie except for ' The bridge on the river Kawaii '? I want Hollywood to create this kind of masterpiece for the world to admire.

[@alexanderfuchs8742]

you might wanna watch Four Sons by John ford its probably the closest you can come to this lyrical beauty in a Hollywood war movie ... Bridge on the River Kwai was British anyways ... and the US just didnt see the amount of losses and hardships that the soviets did. in America everything else, history most of all, seems to be extremely removed and not part of any equation. nothing has any gravity...

[@user-rb7in3wq2v]

Для того , чтобы такой шедевр получился -это надо всей страной надо пережить такую боль ..

[@friendly1huda7]

@@alexanderfuchs8742 Yes, sir. You are right. Why is US so silent on Russian sacrifices? Does US lose guts accepting/ admitting the truth? But history is history. The facts are facts. Thanks for Four Sons.

[@alexanderfuchs8742]

@@friendly1huda7 it's all a function of the cold war ... fascism as an anti-communist project continued after the war under different leadership and reverted back to its inspiration: imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism

[@l06pual]

After watched this movie I got to go see my mother

[@abhisankaradhikary1067]

this is 3rd time i have seen the movie .....A True Masterpiece ..........

[@marekpluta6846]

Film który wyciska łzy. Obejrzałem go kilka razy i za kazdym razem mam mokre oczy . Pozdrawiam - Polak mieszkający w Niemczech

[@nicole0479]

The scene at the end where he hugs his mother for the last time always makes me bawl my eyes out.

[@user-xj6nv4px3b]

Не только Вас , всех людей с душой.

[@igortheyakutian]

I break into tears every time I see the scene where mother hugs her son for the last time, Her only precious child... So many mothers have never seen their beloved sons. So many Alyuoshas were taken away by that war...

[@doha-198s]

Respect from Vietnam

[@apolonatomus]

Films like this one are real gems that will forever remind us about sacrifices made by Soviet people to bring a monumental victory to their motherland and freedom to European and Asian nations. These artfilms helped us, the audience, to appreciate more what our grandfathers and great grandfathers have done for the victory over fascism. But they also shaped us to understand and enjoy the beauty, virtues and arts, and not to get culturally mutilated by present days' superficial and banal production that only promotes distorted values.

[@user-ig5sp9xg5f]

In terms of war, everywhere is the same-mothers cherish their sons, and sons also worry about their mothers . it is universally shared across the world, I believe it is a timeless love story that resonates even in the present. My tears devote for them. Thanks for Mosfilm!

[@Vaf20]

Mothers of the world stand up against war, everywhere! Heart breaking movie, especially in times like these😢

[@toddjohnson271]

The world and women don't care about men......they are expendable. A sad reality.

[@krazyflipy5801]

Beautiful, painful movie. Love these. Russian cinema always good. Thx for the view, Mosfilm. :)

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@user-no9yr4ho5w]

With love from Yekaterinburg (Russia) ❤️

[@mry5661]

yes, but nevertheless the world prefers Hollywood, judging by the requests and views.

[@fatalmokrane]

@@mry5661 I'm finding love for movies/cinema after going away from Hollywood trash. I'm discovering movies from different cultures, asia, europe, africa, latin america... hollywood was propelled by the marshall plan and fedspoon to us since we're child. I'm glad i've stopped watching hollywood movies.

[@mry5661]

@@fatalmokrane I also returned to the domestic Russian cinema after 30 years of the Hollywood needle. Although now in Russia they also release a lot of movie garbage, but a selectively picky head lets them pass by - often watching movies is very harmful for neurons🤯.

[@fatalmokrane]

@@mry5661 try other countries too

[@thegreenishcrab]

I saw this movie once when I was a kid on TV here in the US, and its probably been nearly 15-20 years since and Ive been wanting to see it again ever since

[@firebinder18880]

the only movie that made her cry

[@luisabarca7363]

I saw this masterpiece for the first time in Santiago, Chile. I think it was 1961, more than 60 years ago. The Castillian title of it was “La Balada del Soldado“ and in my country, it become an instant success, both with the public and critics.. I loved the film the first time I saw it, and still is one of my all times favourites movies... From Australia, the country were I live now, ten years ago, I imported from R.U.S.C.I.C.O (Russian Cinema Council) an excellent DVD of this movie, and from time time, I watch it again and again... After all those years, still fresh, still intense, still poetic, still funny, still engaging and still powerfully moving nd hearbreaking... Deceptively simple, it shows an intensively compassionate russian people, even in the middle of the Second War, conflic which killed between 20 and 25 million soviet citizens... It is really a pity this jewell of a film is not more known among the people in the West... Dominated as we are by the cultural commercial rubbish coming from the US, very few peple in the West have the chance to expand to new cultural experiencies... Well, we live in a world where we are more exposed to Justin Biever or the Spice Girls that to Beethoven or Mozart... Well, It is what it is!

[@user-hd6jg3nw5l]

Dont be upset. Everything will be fine!

[@user-wq5tb8cf4c]

Спасибо за душевные отзывы.

[@webkahmik]

This was a beauty, watched it for the first time last night. Moved me in many ways. Kept thinking about Tarkovsky and Kurosawa. This film joins that rarefied air.

[@grandmalovesmebest]

Omg! This is it! I saw this film decades ago and never forgot it--except the title. I had just discovered foreign films and was eating them up but didn't yet know the directors and actors, just immersed myself in them. Later when I began to know the films, there were so many that I wished I'd known when the films were just a new delight, but none more than this one. Thank you from a little old American lady who finally got her wish and thanks to the commenter on another Russian film who recommended it by the title!☮❤🙋

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@fiona_vanzel]

Hey I'm new to russian movies and this is my first movie! Would love some recommendations from you!!

[@user-xj6nv4px3b]

​@@fiona_vanzel "А зори здесь тихие" плакать будете.

[@fiona_vanzel]

@@user-xj6nv4px3b Пожалуйста, извините любые ошибки в моих словах, так как я использую Google Translate. Спасибо за вашу рекомендацию. Я почти потерял надежду и бросил поиски. Спасибо.

[@timurhasan8893]

@@fiona_vanzel отец солдата

[@kte2843]

Мой самый любимый фильм на этом фильме я и вырос .И сейчас у меня душа очень сильно радуется. А в принципе словами это не объяснишь, и от радости у меня слёзы потекли на глазах.И думаю что меня глубоко поймут те люди кто родились и жили в СССР.

[@milenaamirkhanova4479]

I cry at the end every time I watch this movie. A masterpiece.

[@markwilson2992]

I teared up at the end.

[@milenaamirkhanova4479]

@@markwilson2992💕💕💕

[@milenaamirkhanova4479]

Other war films that describe the real tragedy of ordinary people is Destiny of a Man and "The Cranes are Flying" You may want to see them.

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@milenaamirkhanova4479]

@@mikeoz4803 Russians are the most tortured and deceived people...

[@thenegotiator1838]

This movie is so good that it can even make the Control Devil cry.

[@RuruBasuMallik]

One of my all time favourite Russian films. Have watched it many times and will watch it many more times. Thanks for the upload. Love from India. 🇮🇳🇷🇺

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic...unlike the rubbish from America!

[@sunilghorpade1682]

At last I cried , Love such son - mother

[@smithwesson7765]

A truly excellent film. The range of emotion this film provokes is remarkable.

[@christinemartin63]

Holy Mother of God--what a movie! Poetic, lyrical--I cried my eyes out. (It was the Russians who stopped Napoleon, then the Nazis--but at what human price?) A movie that's worth thinking about and watching again. Thanks for posting a wonderful print of a most touching movie. Bravo!

[@VisionFromThePast]

We all did USA, BRITAIN, FRANCE Ristance. The USSR only fought the East the War wouldn’t end right away if USA and Britain never fought Japan, Italy, turkey, etc

[@MrRufusRToyota]

Hitler and Stalin were partners, until Hitler double-crossed him. And the USA, and the Russian winter, and Hitler’s insanity, saved the Soviets.

[@christinemartin63]

@@MrRufusRToyota Uh ... yeah, OK ... and a "few" million lost Russian lives.

[@MrRufusRToyota]

@@christinemartin63they lose a lot of men because they’re lousy fighters.

[@user-wo7zc2gu4e]

​@@MrRufusRToyota плохие бойцы выиграли две войны, когда вся Европа сдалась. Вы хорош е бойцы - для завоевания- вас легко завоёвывать. Скоро "плохие бойцы" снова придут и попросят вас показать на что вы способны. Уже пришли. Но вы садитесь снова лужу, как всегда.

[@antonioescobar1335]

Glory to the heroic soviet people thank you and eternal gratitude. From Ecuador

[@wladimirnowak8797]

Ecuador, spasobo

[@bennynackholm866]

same from Sweden here. I am ashamed of my country sending shitty tanks to the Zelensky nazi regime in Ukraina now. If i would be young again i would join Wagner or some other groups fighting for the liberation of Donbass and Luhansk . I wouldnt even fight for any mercenary salary even that is how much i hate the nazis and love Russia and everybody who fight this satanic pigs on this@@wladimirnowak8797 planet

[@komendorf]

Для Жанны Прохоренко и для Владимира Ивашова работа в этом фильма была их дебютом в кино. Оба они были ещё только студентами ВГИКа, но уже студентами успели нашуметь в мировом кинематографе, отметившись на Канском международном фестивале специальными призами за работу в этом фильме.

[@diekriegerinwz81]

Watched it last night. It´s really a masterpiece, very emotional in a thrilling way

[@Spencer__G]

A true masterpiece and heartbreaking tribute to the 20+ million Russian soldiers who died in or along the way to Europe in WWII.

[@johnedwardevangelista7953]

Xc yg. Y(6 gg

[@Stablilized4]

I don't mean to quibble about such a horrific number, but the 20+ million deaths include millions upon millions of civilians, not just military personnel.

[@wladimirnowak8797]

@@Stablilized4 civilans killed by okkupants

[@alinaovanesso5971]

The word to be corrected is “ Russian”. These were soviet soldiers/civilians. It was a soviet union (not russian union) and it had lots of ethnicities in it.

[@johnsmith4811]

Soviet (not Russian) military casualties were about 7 million. The rest (roughly 13 million) were civilian victims.

[@farrukhkamran4003]

One of the best war movies of ww2 beautiful smile story line Great actors

[@marthaelenalimon9357]

Excellent. Pure. No malice.

[@annastartseva6136]

One the best films of my childhood. I haven’t watched it for a long time and it just breaks my heart now.

[@marjorjorietillman856]

This was an absolutely wonderful movie, although it had a sad ending, it could’ve been worse if it ended with him dead. This movie is a gem, IMO!❤

[@alejandrahauca7657]

В начале фильма с кадрами его матери на дороге говорится, что Алёша не вернулся с войны. Он погиб молодым и был похоронен в чужой земле

[@marjorjorietillman856]

That’s so sad about war, millions of young men on all sides die before they really know what life is all about. And older men like Hitler play war games with their lives!!😢😢😢

[@defac2462]

We are from Ukraine and she smiled what a wonderful line Today I miss this bond between Russian and Ukrainians.

[@zs3101]

anglo-saxons set the fire between 2 slavic brothers.... I am from Kazakhstan and I wish my Ukrainian and Russian brothers to reconcile and find piece with each other. We used to be one country and one nation, we lived in harmony with each other. In Kazakhstan we love both Ukrainian and Russian cultures and it hurts us tremendously to see brothers fighting.....

[@pie112098]

@@zs3101 lol

[@poetcomic1]

America destroyed that bond by removing Ukraine's democratically elected president in 2014.

[@YanaMoscow]

Спасибо вам большое!

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

​@@zs3101 yeah, Anglo-Saxons, definitely not the guy who ordered the invasion...

[@catilda23]

Thank you for sharing this. My father said it was the best film he ever saw. I have always wanted to see it.

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@mohammadsahidullah7485]

This is one of the best films that touches me much. Begining thrill, middle tense and romance and the end emotion. I watched this movie hundred times since 1988..... From Bangladesh.

[@user-wq5tb8cf4c]

Друзья! Посмотрите ещё фильм СССР " Отец Солдата" С Уважением.

[@rengamer7261]

i saw this Film with a red-haired girl a long time ago, it was a Movie marathon from morning to midnight, she said that she only finds about one of every ten movies interesting, i was giving up myselft but in the hug scena i began to cry, i didn´t understand why, it was such a trivial scene and i didn´t want her to see me crying but she was doing the same. Later i found out that she was crazy but still Great Movie.

[@vagabondyacine7987]

I'm here after people found out that it was the movie makima and denji watched in chainsaw man, truly magnificent I cried too.

[@GeneRogers-xl9um]

Wow! This movie is truly a masterpiece and such realism! Thank you for posting this here. As an American I am so happy you posted this movie so we in the West can see the casualties and those going home after WW2 from the perspective of the Russian people.

[@annastartseva6136]

As soviet children we grew on the films like that and hoped there would be no wars. I watched this film today after so many years and my heart broke again. Thank you for the normal people of the world to know we are not bad

[@grandmalovesmebest]

I'm grateful the Russians were on our side. How scary to think the next time they might not be. Love from the USA. ☮❤🙋 Merry Christmas🎅

[@normanclark933]

Agreed, plus being able to dent the prevailing Western media rhetoric of 'soulless inhuman Russians. I am sure Americans will hate it!

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@matthiaspfisterer2066]

My favourite film and the only real anti-war movie ever made. Thanks a lot. I watched it so often and still I am in tears each time again.

[@jivanvasant]

Another great anti-war war movie is "Ivan's Childhood", an excellent Russian movie.

[@ezefinkielman4672]

The Cranes are Flying, Fate of a Man, Come and See are also good

[@normanclark933]

I place most Russian and Chinese films far above the dross emanating out of Hollywood!

[@carlosanguineti956]

@@ezefinkielman4672 I don't know the first two, Come and see is a special movie. Special is even a poor word for such a movie. Is the kind of movie that make you decide, if you didn't already, which side is yours, and which side is the enemies' ones. The enemies of the People. The enemies of everything is good. And it is a movie that tells you: you must do more. Much more to make this world a place for the People. For all the People. And fight, with all your will, against a world ruled by the fascists beasts, even if now they wear jacket and tie and tell you they are for democracy. What a lie...

[@helloworld-ti5zs]

​​@@carlosanguineti956The director of 'Come and see" was a child of Stalingrad. He witnessed that war and wanted to show its real horror. He wanted people to realise and feel it up to bones, up to guts. 😢

[@Freedom2111]

A beautiful, perfectly-directed movie - I watched it yesterday evening.

[@cineverseadda]

Excellent 💓 touching movie. Respect to all Russian soldiers. His love for the country and for that girl was truly sensational. I love it....♥️🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺♥️♥️🇷🇺 That was from me (prabal pandey) from India 🇮🇳....

[@PanosSchmitAlmeira]

Soviet my friend not Russian, in the USSR we were united with a working class identity and trying to move pass simple tribalism

[@vacciniassassini8268]

Hollywood could never produce a film of this stature. If I could find the road at the end where the mother gazes, I would surely visit & pay my respects.

[@stray_cat87]

The end got me all teary-eyed What a masterpiece

[@rubemartur8239]

That movie made Denji and Makima cry? omy! i felt i got kicked in the nuts dozen of times. What a movie!

[@bryanemmel6516]

I saw this movie years ago and have been looking for it again ever since. This is truly a masterpiece in capturing human emotion and social conditions. Simple here becomes powerful. I'm so glad I found it again.

[@freespirit3262]

I had seen photo stills from this film when I was an undergraduate in 1980 in a Soviet magazine. I was so enamoured of the pictures of Anoshkya and Shura near the water tap that I had cut them out and have them with my personal photographs to this day. Viewing the film is like coming full circle for me now in my 60s. Thank you Mosfilm. But I wish the subtitles would be consistent in the last quarter of the film. There are many scenes where subtitles are absent. But all the same I loved the film and will view it again.

[@user-kd1qn4ox6g]

Алеша это Алексей , Алекс.

[@Rahul97161]

One of the My Favourite Soviet movie ❤️🇮🇳🇷🇺 to this day it's poster is my WhatsApp dp.

[@komendorf]

Советские фильмы без всякой политической болтовни САМИ ПО СЕБЕ свидетельствуют то, что СССР был Высшей Цивилизаций, существовавшей когда-либо на Земле.

[@VisionFromThePast]

No it was USA. The Soviet Union was second economy

[@komendorf]

@@VisionFromThePast Сразу видно американца. У него мозги только на "бабки" замкнуты. Первая мысль у него - об ЭКОНОМИКЕ, которая для него - ВСЁ! А мы мыслим иначе. Человек и Общество есть Единство Духовного и Материального. Поэтому судить Человека и Общество ТОЛЬКО по одним МАТЕРИАЛЬНЫМ достижениям есть УБОЖЕСТВО ОДНОСТОРОННЕГО, МАТЕРИАЛЬНОГО развития особи и стада таких особей. А я говорю о Высшей Цивилизации, как о цивилизации,, где достигнута высокая степень ДУХОВНОСТИ людей, их Духовного Единства, как то завещал Христос - родниться, ЕДИНЯТЬСЯ людям не по крови и плоти, а по Единой Вере. В США ВСЯ Совесть на 100% ушла в ОБМЕН на материальные достижения. Таким способом ОЧЕНЬ ЛЕГКО стать самыми ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИ сильными. Но ПЛЕВАТЬ я хотел на такое УБОГОЕ БЕЗДУХОВНОЕ экономическое первенство. Я - Сосуд Духа Святого, и СССР был Обществом Духа. И я предпочту Высшую Духовность при ВТОРОЙ экономике, чем высшую экономику при НУЛЕВОЙ Совести. Повторяю: СССР был Высшим Обществом в истории Человечества, ибо я ДУХОВНОСТЬ ставлю ГЛАВНЫМ критерием ЧЕЛОВЕЧНОСТИ. А у вас мозги не сработали даже элементарно ЛОГИЧЕСКИ в ПРИВЯЗКЕ моих слов к содержанию фильма, где об ЭКОНОМИКЕ даже слова не было, но всё показано о Совести, Долге, Морали Чести. И вы смотрели этот фильм, размышляя об экономике?

[@saumyajitbasu]

The film expresses the best of human endeavour and emotion. A gem of Soviet culture.

[@adolfhitlerowicztrocki495]

Soviet what? Culture???????!!!!!!

[@ashamer7776]

@@adolfhitlerowicztrocki495 yep. Sadly, some people know about soviet culture only through western glasses...

[@adolfhitlerowicztrocki495]

@@ashamer7776 Millions of Eastern Europeans tasted it without any glasses.

[@ashamer7776]

@@adolfhitlerowicztrocki495 I am from Eastern Europe, and I have been exposed to both western (thank you American colonialism) and Soviet culture. Thank you, I saw both sides.

[@adolfhitlerowicztrocki495]

@@ashamer7776 (Did Yankee colonize you?) I don't know if you noticed but there is a voluntary tendency that people run from East to West but not opposite. That says it all about Soviet "culture". Russia is one big sh**hole full of misery.

[@richardpodnar5039]

Perhaps the greatest film ever made, hands down. Perfect in every way. I've seen it a million times, too, and never fail to cry as I did the first time I ever watched it.

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

This movie is similar to the movie Soldier's Father. A short meeting at the end and parting forever.

[@johnsmith4811]

When the mother screams "Aljosha!", I get tears in my eyes every time. And I've watched this movie 5-6 times already.

[@user-xj6nv4px3b]

​@@johnsmith4811 У всех как у Вас 100 раз можно смотреть и слезы при Алеша.

[@dreamlifter7569]

Still love to imagine that he returned to his mother again...

[@user-dq9wm4dd8t]

Он в Болгарии погиб ему там памятник поставили который хотят снести западная цивилизация все разрушает

[@seann8293]

And found Shura too!

[@hana.the.writer5074]

I don’t know how to place my emotions .. overwhelmed.. but may those actors rest in peace because none is still alive with us. They all have departed life to a richer world. Rest in peace everyone.. 🍃💐

[@michaelmcdonagh5104]

Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Perfectly paced.

[@Joylar723]

came after knowing makima and denji cried watching this movie

[@omega8994]

Same, this was a damn rollercoaster of emotions.

[@Ai12882]

true dat

[@rosaazora]

5:20 Charlie Chaplin cried...☝️

[@RanenVoinik]

невероятен филм ❤

[@jolantakulbokiene4054]

Šį filmą žiūrėjau po ilgo laiko,pamenu jį iš vaikystės,nuostabus filmas!

[@mikemonroy1]

A Masterpiece. Thank you for sharing.

[@christenorio86]

Thank you for all these wonderful pieces of art, Mosfilm

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@christenorio86]

@@mikeoz4803 I'm an American and This Russian film stands high above lots of American movies

[@mikeoz4803]

@@christenorio86 Sure does mate!!

[@arkamaiti2284]

​@@christenorio86 the old Hollywood movies used to be very very good. But now very few of them are good , mostly they make trash.

[@tucsab9705]

Uma vez vi um vídeo no KZbin que era um intervalo comercial acho que de alguma novela dos anos 80 da globo e entre as propagandas falava que ia passar no corujão um clássico soviético chamado a balada do soldado (na verdade acho que o comercial era sobre um pacote de filmes comprados praquele ano). Fiquei curioso mas só consegui assistir quando passou anos depois no canal da cpc umes filmes. Não imaginava que ia chorar no final. Simples e bonito. 😢❤

[@johnbeaubien8826]

This is beautiful. A nice window into the Soviet Union and to the Russian society of that day. I really like Russian humour. This movie reminds me of the same sense of humour I see when dealing with Russian speaking people here and now, in Canada.

[@davidparker2780]

All of these nasty comments show you are on the right path Russia. Great movie also thank you 🙂

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@placksffilms]

Esta película es !!!!!BRUTAL!!! la vi como 5 veces y la disfruto como si fuera la primera vez.

[@joseantoniolopezalija3425]

que pena no estar en español.

[@alejandrahauca7657]

​@@joseantoniolopezalija3425 hay subtitulada en español también

[@junerobertson4389]

Stunning work. Also watch...Fate of a Man. Brilliant.

[@josevicenteescuderiborra4787]

Wonderful film. Thanks for uploading. Молодцы!!!!!

[@xcalibre222]

Excellent movie! They were Great actors and the girl was very lovely. Glad I watched this. 😁

[@lavpreetsinghsahota4709]

Thank You Mosfilm for making your exceptional films available on KZbin

[@Barakbrother]

我来留一个中文的吧----这是我最喜欢最喜欢的电影，我会一看再看，在心情最灰暗的时候看，在心情愉快的时候看，在紧张的时候看，在无聊的时候看--几乎任何时候，看这部影片都会给我带来温情。生活在和平环境下的人是很难体会战争的残酷的，但是影片中展现的纯美的浪漫爱情，却能直击我的内心，我认为它超过了所有的战争爱情片。如今那片土地战火重燃，但是可能不会再有这样的浪漫之爱了，因为这个世界已经变脏了，也很难见到这样纯洁的心灵了

[@cherezternii]

Да грязи много. Но мир не грязный. Зря...

[@dawne2125]

你写得太好了！

[@user-dq9wm4dd8t]

Китаец брат когда мы будем в месте мы вселенную покорим мы соседи и нам в это время нужно держатся дуг другаж❤

[@IoannisV]

Amazing movie, thank you so much!!

[@s.t.santos5928]

Gosh, this is a wonderful film. I hope they still make films like this.

[@hana.the.writer5074]

Historicals are Always.. always a winner. Where people’s hearts were honest and pure regardless. Not to mention the scenic nature. When I think of a story.. I find myself pulled back.. way back to nostalgic fragrant whiffs blowing from old pages of life.

[@elenagamora448]

Unfortunately not any more

[@grandmalovesmebest]

@@elenagamora448 yes but that has to do w ppl. They don't want to put in the time and effort it takes to create masterpieces. They will leave a legacy of one minute tik toks and be proud of it.😢

[@alejandrahauca7657]

​@@grandmalovesmebest к сожалению, сегодня российское кино как и идеология правительства страны, пошло по пути очернения всего советского. Таких добрых фильмов больше не снимают

[@igor-rl9xx]

Нет больше таких фильмов, умерли в месте с советскими людьми.

[@FBI-wn2qo]

He went all that way for one minute and a hug… I loved this movie.

[@Collywood1]

Ms Makimas crying too

[@widepootis]

What strikes me is the innocence, to me it feels like a dreamy bubble protected from the atrocities, and knowing he dies is like losing this bubble and all that it touched. I've also loved the few Soviet films that I've watched because the story, the editing always seem so meticulously crafted so that nothing can be stripped.

[@MediaFilter]

Oh goddamnit. This made me cry. He never even had time to tell his mom about his first and only love. Tosky.

[@vespelian]

I've been haunted by the girl who dies on the train for thirty years. A masterpiece.

[@manjitsadosingh4848]

Best Anti-War movie ever !!!

[@grandmalovesmebest]

I read somewhere that this was the first Russian anti-war film. Do you know?

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@user-rb7in3wq2v]

Так поэтому мы и не стремимся воевать , а наоборот - всеми силами сохранить Мир! У нас в России и в странах бывших советских республик , в дни рождения желают, не только здоровья, счастья и любви , но обязательно "Мирного неба над головой"

[@panoss2366]

Thank you for giving us the chance to enjoy a masterpiece. Greetings from Greece.

[@3XpucTocBockpece]

Много горя принесла та страшная война с фашизмом, 27 миллионов жизней отняла у людей проживавших на территории СССР.

[@Power-of-change]

Love this movie after very long time I have seen this I was searching this movie for long time thankyou for uploading

[@damarismedina4099]

Unlike everyone else here, I found this because its a top ten of the movie that Miyazaki likes! Truly no one way to discover a movie 😊

[@gerardosaucedo1309]

Mi película soviética favorita. Gracias.

[@ashok755]

Thanks for uploading this movie -one of my favorites

[@rent4558]

This is my favorite Soviet film. Now there are a lot of Ukrainian and Russian mothers who lost their beloved sons in Ukrainian battlefields.

[@mikeoz4803]

I'm an ex Australian serviceman. Russians make the best movies. Down to earth & realistic (unlike the rubbish from America!) Thank you brave Russian people for your sacrifice during WWII - Я бывший австралийский военнослужащий. Русские снимают лучшие фильмы. Приземленно и реалистично (в отличие от мусора из Америки!) Спасибо мужественному русскому народу за вашу жертву во время Второй мировой войны.

[@annastartseva6136]

The best. All the memories are flooding in. 💕

[@khalidismail5998]

We are do much influenced by western media against Russians that we hardly take them as human beings like us...but after watching this film I have a changed mind..all human beings are the same...

[@grandmalovesmebest]

It's true, Khalid. And I was shocked to realize that while watching "Dad Boot" in Germany as a very young newly wed. It wasn't the stunning ending of the movie that did it but the scenes of the boys writing to their girls, worrying about getting crabs, being goofy, just being kids away from their mamas for the first time. Meanwhile, our boys were in Vietnam. It was all so real, I can still taste that moment. Never knew a stranger afterwards. ☮❤🙋

Great movie!

[@FlyingOverTr0ut]

What an amazing film.

[@johnsmith4811]

That scene where the mother is running after the truck and crying out "Alyoooshaaa!" ... I get tears every time. And I am not exactly very sentimental.

[@adnanbaker4663]

The greatest - war and peace - humanity movie ever made.! along with - the forty-one-billet- made by the greatest writer-director Grigoriy Chukhray, better than Lewis Milestone's legendry movie All quiet on western front!

[@Rich-xg2cg]

I am fed up with war . 😢

[@tpe54]

wonderful cinematography..is has a quality like Italian neorealism

[@user-dq9wm4dd8t]

Ваши реалисты Посталинградом до сих пор выкапывают это наше русское кино

[@sanatdas4805]

From India. I know ........what a war give us in return.................😭

[@kailuakidd1512]

Brilliant. Thank you