ballad of a soldier be a story of a russian soldier and of his three day break from the war front which he have be grant ( for his bravery ) to visit his mother in hometown . there be something really beautiful about this movie that attract me most . the story though very simple and common it be tell in a most humble way ( just for instance the reason soldier want a break from war to visit his mother be to take care of the leaking roof that she write about in a letter ) and possibly very few movie be this strikingly simple . this soldier journey be fill with fun and laughter and love and humanity and much more all beautifully balance with scene from war in the backdrop . act wise the lead actor be brilliant and his mother too in a small role ably depict the longing for his son and and the actress ( love interest for our hero ) be good too and and she look beautiful throughout . direction be good while cinematography too be very good capture the beautiful landscape of russia well . although this be a war movie and not much of the war be depict a in save private ryan and neither be it the deer hunter kind movie depict the affect of the war on people but nonetheless for me it be a powerful and move war movie with very human touch to it . any moviegoer interested in quality cinema must see this .