Plots(1)
Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is granted a visit with his mother after he singlehandedly fends off two enemy tanks. As he journeys home, Alyosha encounters the devastation of his war-torn country, witnesses glimmers of hope among the people, and falls in love. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Vladimir Sergeyevich Ivashov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/864/160864263_afbded.jpg)
Vladimir Sergeyevich Ivashov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
![Zhanna Trofimovna Prokhorenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/864/160864262_cc1422.jpg)
Zhanna Trofimovna Prokhorenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
A yesli eto lyubov? (1961)
Oni shli na Vostok (1965)
![Antonina Mikhailovna Maksimova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964300_f37ef7.jpg)
Antonina Mikhailovna Maksimova
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Beware of the Car (1966)
![Nikolay Kryuchkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/454/158454961_230759.jpg)
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Autumn Marathon (1979)
Sorok pervyj (1956)
Yevgeniy Urbanskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Letter Never Sent (1960)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Clear Skies (1961)
Elza Lezhdey
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Oni shli na Vostok (1965)
Six O'Clock at the Airport (1958)
![Mariya Kremnyova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/322/162322632_fb2776.jpg)
Mariya Kremnyova
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Soldiers of Freedom (1976) (series)
![Yevgeniy Teterin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966805_fdee4d.jpg)
Yevgeniy Teterin
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
The Young Guard (1948)
Soldiers (1956)
![Vladimir Pokrovskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/882/162882931_edb8cd.jpg)
Vladimir Pokrovskiy
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
The Fall of Berlin (1949)
Lenin in October (1937)
Georgij Jumatov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)
Admiral Ushakov (1953)
Gennadiy Yukhtin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse (1956)
Sokolovo (1974)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Chipollino (1972)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Oni shli na Vostok (1965)
![Evgeniy Evstigneev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674229_e72f8a.jpg)
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin (1989)
Heart of a Dog (1988) (TV movie)
![Valentin Brylejev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964347_ee3329.jpg)
Valentin Brylejev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
12 stulyev (1977) (series)
The Red and the White (1967)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
![Лев Борисов](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/085/162085812_41c6aa.jpg)
Лев Борисов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Fate of a Man (1959)
12 stulyev (1977) (series)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Leonid Archipovič Čubarov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Mayskie zvyozdy (1959)
The Immortal Garnison (1956)
![Vladimir Kashpur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/161/159161617_64c946.jpg)
Vladimir Kashpur
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
Liberation (1971)
Semyon Svashenko
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
Arsenal (1929)
![Валентина Ананьина](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/304/162304091_05c494.jpg)
Валентина Ананьина
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Thief (1997)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Cast Away (2000)
![Marina Gavrilko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/796/163796281_941515.jpg)
Marina Gavrilko
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Takaya zhestkaya igra - khokkey (1983)
Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse (1956)