Ballad of a Soldier (Criterion Collection)

Vladimar Ivashov, Shauna Prokhorenko. After he performs an incredible feat of bravery, a Russian soldier on leave to visit his mother helps locals on his way home and falls in love with a country girl who's on her way to see her wounded boyfriend, also a Russian soldier. In Russian with English subtitles. 1960/b&w/88 min/NR/fullscreen.