Ballad of a Soldier

Ballad of a Soldier was a very personal film about young man trying to make it home to see his mother before he has to return to the war. I was a little surprised at how popular it was in the Soviet Union not because I did not think it was not a film worth watching but the whole story that it was accepted by the government when so many other films were shelved. As a film itself I thought it was a cute romance/family reunion film. Even though the beginning with Alyosha shooting down three tanks and Shura telling Alyosha that she meant she loved him was a bit on the corny side. It was also a short, but simple story about how it was probably for a Soviet soldier having to go home.