8.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Romance, War • 1959 • 89 min
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Overview
Ballad of a Soldier is a 1959 Soviet drama that follows a young soldier's emotional journey home to see his mother during World War II. The film emphasizes traditional values such as patriotism, filial duty, and the sanctity of family. Its portrayal of wartime humanity and devotion to maternal bonds aligns with a traditional social lens. Though rooted in a specific era, the movie avoids overt ideological messaging, focusing instead on universal emotions and the personal cost of war, making its 'Leans Traditional' label fitting.
Starring Cast
Vladimir Ivashov • Zhanna Prokhorenko • Antonina Maksimova
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Viewer Rating
8.5
Overview
Ballad of a Soldier is a 1959 Soviet drama that follows a young soldier's emotional journey home to see his mother during World War II. The film emphasizes traditional values such as patriotism, filial duty, and the sanctity of family. Its portrayal of wartime humanity and devotion to maternal bonds aligns with a traditional social lens. Though rooted in a specific era, the movie avoids overt ideological messaging, focusing instead on universal emotions and the personal cost of war, making its 'Leans Traditional' label fitting.
Starring Cast
Vladimir Ivashov • Zhanna Prokhorenko • Antonina Maksimova
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
While produced within the Soviet system and emphasizing patriotic sacrifice during World War II, the film focuses primarily on universal humanism, romance, and the personal tragedies of war rather than overt ideological indoctrination. Its apolitical focus on human connection places it in a neutral centrist category.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film utilizes a traditional, homogeneous cast reflective of its 1959 Soviet origins and structures its narrative around classic wartime humanism and patriotism without modern ideological messaging.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Confidence: High
The film deeply honors traditional familial bonds through the poignant, brief reunion between a young soldier on leave and his devoted mother, alongside depictions of faithful wartime partnership and community solidarity. The narrative strongly reinforces traditional maternal devotion, filial duty, and the sanctity of family connections amidst the tragedy of war.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Ballad of a Soldier is a classic 1959 Soviet war drama directed by Grigoriy Chukhray, focusing on a young soldier's brief journey home on leave during World War II. The narrative centers entirely on themes of camaraderie, war, and a burgeoning romantic relationship between a young man and woman. The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or subplots.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Set during World War II, the narrative follows a young Red Army soldier traveling across the country to visit his mother, encountering various civilians along the way. The storyline centers on themes of wartime sacrifice, human connection, and youthful innocence. Because the film does not include any transgender characters or related themes, the depiction is classified as not applicable.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The characters in this 1959 Soviet war drama maintain their traditional, canonically established genders without any alterations or reimagining.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Ballad of a Soldier is an original Soviet drama film featuring fictional characters created specifically for the screenplay. As there is no prior source material, historical figure, or established canon defining the characters' races differently, no race swap occurred.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
8.0
Critic Ratings
9.4
N/A
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