Movie: The Soldier's Tale

Top 6 Billed Cast

Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow

The Devil (voice)

Dušan Makavejev
Dušan Makavejev

Ilya Grigorivich Vertov, The Soldier (voice)

Andre Gregory
Andre Gregory

Narrator (voice)

Mike Mearian
Mike Mearian

The Announcer (voice)

Galina Panova
Галина Панова

The Princess (voice)

Theodore Gottlieb
Theodore Gottlieb

The Drill Sergeant / The Herald (voice)

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    A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The stranger is none other than the devil.

  • Release Date

    1984-01-01

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    English
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