HUMALIT Reflection
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
By. Grigori Chukrai
The movie “Ballad of a Soldier” is about a 19 year old boy named Alyosha who accidentally shot two of the enemy tanks during a war and because of that, he was given the chance to go back home and visit his mother. While he was travelling back, he met some people and one of them was a girl named Shura who then later fell in love with him. And at the last part of the movie, he finally met his mom despite of the challenges he had been through going back home and even if their meet-up was just for a limited time only, both of them enjoyed each other’s company and his mom ensured him that she will wait for his return while Alyosha also promised her mom, that he will return to her after the war. The movie was very touching because even though the son-mother scene was not quite shown in the entire movie, the scenes were very uplifting. We can see Alyosha’s positivity and dedication in his work throughout the movie even in the war scenes which I think sends us a message that we should always be looking on the positive side of everything so we won’t get too much unhappy and it also shows the importance of being contented and in love with our own job. Lastly, it shows that a child and mother relationship is almost unbreakable.