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{{Infobox Movie | |||
|name = Ballad of a Soldier<br>(Ballada o soldate) | |||
|picture = Ballad-Poster.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Film Poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR | |||
|director = Grigoriy Chukhray | |||
|date= 1959 | |||
|language = Russian | |||
|studio=Mosfilm | |||
|distributor= | |||
|character1=Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov | |||
|actor1=[[Vladimir Ivashov]] | |||
|character2=Shura | |||
|actor2=[[Zhanna Prokhorenko]] | |||
|character3=The mother | |||
|actor3=Antonina Maksimova | |||
|character4=The general | |||
|actor4=[[Nikolai Kryuchkov]] | |||
|character5=Vasya | |||
|actor5=Yevgeni Urbansky | |||
|character6=Gavrilkin | |||
|actor6=[[Aleksandr Kuznetsov]] | |||
|character7=Liza | |||
|actor7=[[Elza Lezhdey]] | |||
}} | |||
'''''Ballad of a Soldier''''' (''Ballada o soldate'') is a 1959 Soviet World War II drama directed by Grigori Chukhrai. A young soldier Alyosha Skvortsov ([[Vladimir Ivashov]]) made a heroic act - destroyed two enemy tanks. A command decided to reward him. Alyosha asked for a few days of vacation to visit his mother. The way home was long and difficult. As a result, the young soldier has only a few minutes to hug his mother and say: "I'll be back, Mom!" | |||
{{Film Title}} | |||
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'' | = Rifles = | ||
== Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine == | |||
Field telephone operators Alyosha Skvortsov ([[Vladimir Ivashov]]) and his unnamed fellow soldier ([[Pyotr Savin]]) are armed with [[Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine]]s. | |||
[[File:M38Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin38Carbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Both soldiers' carbines are seen on the ground.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin38Carbine-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A bolt of an M38 Carbine is seen.]] | |||
[[Image:Ballad-M38Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A good view of Alyosha Skvortsov's carbine.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin38Carbine-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Alyosha runs through the battlefield. The forward section of the barrel of his carbine seems to be longer than on M38 Carbine, so this rifle may be an [[Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine|M44 Carbine]] with removed bayonet but this is only a guess.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin38Carbine-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close-up of the muzzle and the front sight.]] | |||
== Mosin Nagant M1891/30 == | |||
[[ | Most Soviet soldiers (among them [[Valentin Bryleev]], [[Lev Borisov]], [[Nikolay Smorchkov]] and [[Aleksandr Kuznetsov]]) are armed with [[Mosin Nagant M1891/30]] rifles, all with attached bayonets. | ||
[[Image:Ballad- | [[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
[[Image:Ballad-Mosin.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Most soldiers on the river crossing carry M91/30 rifles.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin9130-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier ([[Lev Borisov]]) at the left carries an M91/30 rifle.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin9130-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|An M91/30 rifle is seen at the left.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin9130-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin9130-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gavrilkin ([[Aleksandr Kuznetsov]]), a sentry in the military train, holds an M91/30 rifle.]] | |||
== | == Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry == | ||
[[Mosin Nagant | Some soldiers, notably Sergey Pavlov ([[Gennadiy Yukhtin]]), are armed with [[Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry]] rifles. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:1891-Mosin-Nagant.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Full-length, Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
[[Image:Ballad- | [[Image:Ballad-Mosin2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sergey Pavlov (in center) carries an M91 Infantry rifle.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin91-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of Pavlov's rifle.]] | ||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin91-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pavlov (at the right) and a soldier in center carry M91 Infantry rifles.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin91-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of Pavlov's rifle.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Mosin91-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pavlov (at the left) carries his M91 Infantry rifle.]] | |||
= Machine Guns = | |||
== Maxim M1910 or M1910/30 == | |||
Several [[Maxim M1910]] or [[Maxim M1910/30|M1910/30]] machine guns are seen in the scene of the river crossing. | |||
[[Image:Maxim1910.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim M1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mm R]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Maxim-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier carries the body of Maxim machine gun (at the left).]] | |||
[[Image:Ballad-Maxim.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another Maxim is seen in the same scene.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-Maxim-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier carries the carriage of the machine gun.]] | |||
==PTRD-41== | = Other Weapons = | ||
== PTRD-41 == | |||
Alyosha Skvortsov ([[Vladimir Ivashov]]) fires a [[PTRD-41]] AT rifle at enemy tanks. | |||
[[Image:PTRD-41.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm]] | [[Image:PTRD-41.jpg|thumb|none|400px|PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm]] | ||
[[ | [[File:Ballada o soldate-PTRD-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|While running through the battlefield, Alyosha falls down on a PTRD in a shell crater.]] | ||
[[Image:Ballad-PTRD2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[File:Ballada o soldate-PTRD-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]] | ||
[[Image:Ballad-PTRD2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Alyosha operates the PTRD rifle.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-PTRD-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|He watches at a burning German tank.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-PTRD-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The buttstock is seen.]] | |||
[[ | [[Image:Ballad-PTRD.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Alyosha fires at the second German tank]] | ||
[[Image:Ballad- | |||
==76.2 mm divisional gun | = Trivia = | ||
[[Image:Ballad-M1902.jpg|thumb|none| | ==76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902== | ||
The [[76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902]]. | |||
[[File:Putilov76mm.jpg|thumb|none|400px|76.2mm M1902 Putilov Field Gun]] | |||
[[Image:Ballad-M1902.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A destroyed 76.2mm divisional gun M1902 can be seen on the battlefield.]] | |||
==T-34-85== | == T-34-85 == | ||
[[Image:Ballad-T-34.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Ballad-T-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A T-34-85 crosses the river.]] | ||
== | == T-34-85 (visually modified as Tiger tank) == | ||
[[Image:Ballad-fakeTiger.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Ballad-fakeTiger.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The fake German Tiger tank is built on the base of the T-34-85.]] | ||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-T34-Tiger-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The tank is seen from the front. The frontal part of the T-34 turret remains unmodified.]] | |||
[[File:Ballada o soldate-T34-Tiger-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The tank is seen from the air.]] | |||
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[[Category:Drama]] | [[Category:Drama]] | ||
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Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 Soviet World War II drama directed by Grigori Chukhrai. A young soldier Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov) made a heroic act - destroyed two enemy tanks. A command decided to reward him. Alyosha asked for a few days of vacation to visit his mother. The way home was long and difficult. As a result, the young soldier has only a few minutes to hug his mother and say: "I'll be back, Mom!"
The following weapons were used in the film Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate):
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Field telephone operators Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov) and his unnamed fellow soldier (Pyotr Savin) are armed with Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines.
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
Most Soviet soldiers (among them Valentin Bryleev, Lev Borisov, Nikolay Smorchkov and Aleksandr Kuznetsov) are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles, all with attached bayonets.
Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry
Some soldiers, notably Sergey Pavlov (Gennadiy Yukhtin), are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles.
Machine Guns
Maxim M1910 or M1910/30
Several Maxim M1910 or M1910/30 machine guns are seen in the scene of the river crossing.
Other Weapons
PTRD-41
Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov) fires a PTRD-41 AT rifle at enemy tanks.
Trivia
76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902
The 76.2 mm divisional gun model 1902.
