Animation

The Soldier's Tale

6.9TMDB198451m

TMDB6.9/10 · 9 votes

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Overview

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

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Top cast

Max von Sydow

The Devil (voice)

Dušan Makavejev

Ilya Grigorivich Vertov, The Soldier (voice)

Andre Gregory

Narrator (voice)

Mike Mearian

The Announcer (voice)

Theodore Gottlieb

The Drill Sergeant / The Herald (voice)

Crew

Christian Blackwood

Director

R.O. Blechman

Director

R.O. Blechman

Writer

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Novel

Glenn Litton

Executive Producer

R.O. Blechman

Producer

Chloe Aaron

Producer

Ernest Troost

Editor

Maria Patrick

Editor

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