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...Ballad of a Soldier was produced in 1960, well into the Kruschev period, and not surprisingly, it is totally non-ideological. It is a simple, at times overly sentimental, but extremely successful demonstration of the disruptive effect of the war on the lives of individuals, and on the fabric of society at large...
...unsatisfactory. War has torn a society apart, and for a few brief moments its victims are struggling to recapture a past forever lost, or discover experiences never known. Absent is the business-as-usual optimism of most American films about the Second World War. There is a sense in Ballad of a Soldier that nothing will ever be the same...
Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky is historically a fitting complement to Ballad of a Soldier. Made in 1938, it represents Eisenstein's effort to re-integrate himself with the Stalin regime after a long period of disfavor. Alexander Nevsky is in every sense a one-dimensional film. Its theme is patriotism, and its message, directed in no uncertain terms at Nazi Germany, is that Russia will ward off any attempt at conquest. The film takes place in 1242, when combined Russian armies under the leadership of Prince Alexander Nevsky, defeated the invading German force. Eisenstein uses these events...
Alexander Nevsky, 6, 9:35 Ballad of a Soldier, 7:55, weekends...
...aspiring Director Dennis Berry, 29, live in bourgeois comfort on Paris' Left Bank patronizing young film makers and actors. One of them, Jean-François Ferriol, "feels he is a reincarnation of Billy the Kid," said Jean, who thereupon sat down and wrote a two-reeler called Ballad for the Kid. The script calls for an encounter between Billy, played by Ferriol, and a Hollywood star from the '30s, played by Jean. "When it is shown," said Director Seberg, "I would like to say to the audience, 'Let me invite you into a little dream...