Ballad of a Soldier - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Ballad of a Soldier"
Баллада о солдате (1959)
Timing:
1:29 (89 min)
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Actors and characters
Antonina Maksimova
Character Katerina, Alyosha's Mother
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Character The General
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Character Vasya, the Invalid
Elza Lezhdey
Character Liza, the Invalid's Wife
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Character Gavrilkin, the Train Sentry
Yevgeni Teterin
Character The Lieutenant, 'A Terrible Beast'
Valentina Markova
Character Zoya, Skvortsovs' Neighbor
Mariya Kremneva
Character Elizaveta Petrovna, Pavlov's Wife
Vladimir Pokrovskiy
Character Vasiliy Egorovich, Pavlov's Father
Georgiy Yumatov
Character The Driver
Gennadiy Yukhtin
Character Seryozha Pavlov
Valentina Telegina
Character Old Woman Truck Driver
Lev Borisov
Character The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
Leonid Chubarov
Character Sergeant Major Mos'ko
Vladimir Kashpur
Character Ryaboy
Valentin Abramov
Character Joking Soldier in Train
Mikhail Dadyko
Character Alyosha's Train Companion
Semen Svashenko
Character Old Ukrainian
Nina Menshikova
Character Telegraph Office Clerk
Valentin Bryleev
Character The Soldier, Pavlov's Buddy
Valentina Ananina
Character Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Valentina Berezutskaya
Character Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Vera Burlakova
Character The Woman with Baby (uncredited)
Aleksandra Danilova
Character Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Marina Gavrilko
Character Ukrainian Refugee (uncredited)
Zoya Isaeva
Character The Train Conductor (uncredited)
Pyotr Kiryutkin
Character Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
Mayya Kokhanova
Character Ukrainian Refugee (uncredited)
Viktor Markin
Character The Soldier with Bandaged Hand (uncredited)
Radner Muratov
Character Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
Artur Nishchyonkin
Character Alyosha's Train Companion (uncredited)
Sergey Pryanishnikov
Character Pavlov's Neighbor (uncredited)
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Character The Girl with Bucket (uncredited)
Vsevolod Sanayev
Character Part-bit (uncredited)
Pyotr Savin
Character The Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
Olga Shakhova
Character Resident of the Bombed House (uncredited)
Georgi Shapovalov
Character Soldier-driver (uncredited)
Nikolay Smorchkov
Character The Soldier at Ferry (uncredited)
Lyubov Sokolova
Character The Woman at Market (uncredited)
Evgeniy Steblov
Character Part-bit (uncredited)
Elena Volskaya
Character Alyosha's Neighbor (uncredited)
Yuriy Yakovlev
Character Narrator (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- According to Grigory Chukhrai, the title "Ballad of a Soldier" was suggested by Mikhail Romm after reading one of the script drafts.
- Work on the film's script took place at Valentin Yezhov’s dacha. At the same time, Grigory Pozhenyan was also creating the script for the film "Thirst" (1959) there.
- Vladimir Ivashov named his firstborn Alexei in honor of the main character of "Ballad of a Soldier".
- The film is set in 1942, but the soldiers on screen are wearing uniforms from 1943—with shoulder boards instead of collar tabs. Frontline soldier Chukhrai was, of course, aware of this discrepancy, but deliberately went ahead with it to include this obvious anachronism in the film. The director hoped that the film would be watched by foreign audiences who saw Soviet liberating soldiers in the new uniform and sought to make the protagonist’s appearance more recognizable to them.
- For the role in the film "Ballad of a Soldier," Zhanna Prokhorenko was forced to leave her studies at the Moscow Art Theatre School. At Chukhrai’s personal request, the young actress was admitted to VGIK after successfully passing her exams.
- On the first day of filming (the scene of departure from the front), Grigory Chukhrai injured his leg, and when filming resumed, he fell ill with typhoid fever.
- Part of the film crew left due to disagreements with the director's vision.
- Famous Hollywood actress Liza Minnelli admitted in one interview that she watched this film five times in a row.
- Initially, Oleg Strizhenov was supposed to play Alyosha Skvortsov, and Liliya Aleshnikova was to play Shura. Instead, Chukhrai cast two debutantes – Vladimir Ivashov, a second-year student at VGIK, and Zhanna Prokhorenko, a student at the Moscow Art Theatre School.
- The first version of the script largely focused on describing the heroic labor of those working in the rear, and Shura was supposed to die in the city during a bombing.
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