Ballad of a Soldier [SEP] country of origin
, 1959 in the Soviet Union and sold 30.1 million tickets at screenings.
The film was released in the United States in 1960 as part of a Soviet-American film exchange during a thaw in the Cold War. Other films shown in the US as part of this cultural exchange included "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957) and "Fate of a Man" (1959).
The film received considerable praise for both its technical craft and its strong, yet subtle story. Viewed from the earnestness and unabashed
tune of "The Low Country Soldier" for his own ballad, "The Shoemaker's Delight", which celebrates the "military traditions of the shoemaker". According to McShane, this was a self-conscious attempt to align the two similar story lines.
External links.
- "The Low Country Soldier" Facsimile transcriptions at English Broadside Ballad Archive