True story! Six-Year-old boy Fought in Battles, Becoming the youngest Soldier of World War II

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00:00Hi, welcome back to Movie Recapped Zone. Today, I'm going to explain a film based on the real-life

00:05story of the youngest warrior of World War II called, Soldier Boy. Spoilers ahead, watch out

00:11and take care. The movie begins in Russia, where a family of three sit by the river, enjoying their

00:21time. The youngest of them, Sergei Alyoshkov, boasts to his elder brother and mother about him

00:26being on top of a tree, when suddenly, German fighter jets fly overhead. The mother asks her

00:32kids to quickly hide in the bushes, but the six-year-old claims he is not scared and strikes

00:36the jet with a slingshot. To everyone's surprise, he manages to hit the jets and explode them.

00:42But when he looks around, his family is gone. Sergei wakes up frightened from the dream and

00:47calls for his mother. Just then, someone knocks on his door. Assuming it is his mother, he runs

00:53towards it, but a neighbor woman comes in panicking. She thanks God for keeping him alive, and informs

00:58him that his mother and brother are dead. The little boy cannot comprehend what she is saying,

01:03and wants to stay in the house to wait for his mother. The woman tells him that the Germans have

01:08attacked them and that he should run away. Just then, some soldiers approach their house. The woman

01:13makes Sergei run out through the window but is shot dead before she can join him. The little six-year-old

01:18is now on his own, with no family and friends. As Sergei runs away from the house, he sees

01:24his whole neighborhood burning behind him. He calls for his mother in vain, and runs away

01:28from there. After running for a while, he ends up in the middle of the woods. The little

01:33kid starts to call for his mother to come and get him, because he is lost. That night, he

01:38stays in the jungle. The following morning, we see him drink water from a river, when the enemy

01:44soldiers approach his way. Sergei, knowing that they are dangerous, quickly hides inside

01:49a tree's roots. He is startled when a snake comes nearby, but doesn't utter a word or run

01:54away. Sergei is more scared of the soldiers than of the snake. The soldiers eat by the

01:59river and go away, after which Sergei takes their leftover food and devours it for the night.

02:04However, by the end of the day, the little boy is exhausted. He hasn't had a proper meal

02:09in two days and has been walking with no destination. He falls down as he limps but

02:14doesn't stop walking. While on his way, he sees wild berries and devours them, but just

02:19then, an explosion occurs behind him, taking him by surprise. The boy gets dizzy, and starts

02:24to hallucinate someone coming behind him. However, even in such conditions, he stands brave and

02:30tells the person he has a rifle and is not scared. He limps forward but falls unconscious

02:35after a while. While he is asleep, two soldiers approach him. The scene cuts to the Russian army

02:40base where Commander Kuznetsov waits for his patrol soldiers. They come in with the little

02:45kid who is injured and weak. When the soldiers claim they are on his side, the little boy opens

02:50up and introduces himself. The soldiers laugh when the kid shakes his hand with the commander,

02:56suggesting he introduce himself too. The soldiers feel affectionate with the little kid,

03:00and circle him around. They make him drink water and feed him. Even the otherwise cold

03:05commander takes care of the kid. A nurse named Katya dresses Sergei's wounds, and is charmed

03:10by his personality too. The kid asks her to draw a tank on his wounds, because he wants to be a

03:16soldier when he grows up. Even the injured soldiers talk to the kid, and feel lighter. Sergei is fascinated

03:22with the commander's gun and his batch. The commander too answers all the little boy's questions

03:26and lets him play with his honorary pistol after taking the bullets out. Sergei shows him the tank

03:32drawn on his stomach, and boasts about being a soldier himself. The boy is healing very quickly.

03:37The nurse Katya asks the commander to let the boy stay with the battalion, but he disagrees,

03:42claiming that it won't be safe, he wants to send Sergei to an orphanage. The soldiers spent all their free

03:48time with Sergei. He is visited by many throughout the day. They bring him food sent by their families

03:53from afar, and even let him play with their binoculars. One day, a soldier goes to the

03:58commander to ask him to let the boy stay with the battalion. The soldiers have grown a close

04:03connection with the kid, and think of him as their own. His presence takes the weight of war off

04:07their chest. However, the commander is adamant about sending the boy to the orphanage, for his own

04:12safety. The following day, the enemies attack, and many soldiers are hurt. A vehicle comes to fetch

04:19Sergei to take him to the orphanage. The commander breaks the news to the kid, and gives him a wooden

04:24honorary pistol as a gift. The boy in turn hugs him, claiming that he is scared for the commander's

04:29safety. The commander melts in his embrace, and changes his mind. He asks Sergei to stay with the

04:35soldiers as his son. That night, the soldiers look for little soldier clothes for the little boy,

04:40they are over the moon to have Sergei stay with them. The commander wakes Sergei up and gives him

04:45the clothes. He wears them and runs around, looking like a real soldier. The others start

04:50calling him their little soldier boy. As the kid runs around, the Germans launch an air attack on

04:55the battalion. The soldiers quickly take Sergei to a safe place and fight the others. The number of

05:01injured soldiers grows rapidly. Sergei wants to make himself useful, so he brings water to thirsty

05:06soldiers. One of them asks him to read a letter sent by his family because he has a bandage over his

05:11eyes. The little boy wants to help, but doesn't know how to read. He takes the letter and starts

05:17making up the things written on it, claiming that the soldier's cow is safe back home. When the

05:22soldier says he doesn't have a cow, the others tell him to go along with the story and laugh.

05:27He reads everyone else's letters in the same fashion and cheers them up. In the following scene,

05:32we see Katya and the commander talking. The two seem to be attracted to each other,

05:36but do not confess their feelings. Later, Sergei tells the commander that he is of the orderly

05:42position in the battalion and starts introducing himself as one. However, the boy then sees one of

05:47the soldiers stationed destroyed from the attack. The commander teaches him to take his hat off to

05:52pay respect to the dead soldier. The next day, he insists the commander give him a mission and is

05:57given a task to distribute the letters among the soldiers. He completes his task efficiently and even

06:02makes the soldiers dance for him. The following day, Sergei goes a little far from the base with

06:07his binoculars. As he is playing with it, he sees someone's leg moving from inside a haystack,

06:13he rushes back to the battalion and tells the soldiers about his findings. The soldiers are

06:17skeptical, but go with the boy anyway. When they reach near the haystack, they are alerted to see two

06:23German spies hiding underneath. The spies are arrested, and the kid is praised for his intelligence.

06:28That night, the commander shows Sergei the legal papers for his adoption. He is now officially

06:34the kid's father. Sergei knows of the commander's feelings for Katya, so, to repay his kindness,

06:39he takes him to confess to her. But the two see her talking to a different man, and wrongfully

06:44assume she is interested in someone else. The base is attacked by the Germans again. This time,

06:50Sergei helps the soldiers with all his might, by supplying ammunition to the soldiers in the front

06:54line, but the soldiers there command him to go back to the shed because it is too dangerous outside.

07:00When he comes to the shed, he sees the commander and others panicking because the phone's connection

07:04with the colonel is lost. A soldier is sent to fix the broken wires. Sergei follows the soldier and

07:10sees he has been fatally wounded. He asks the dying soldier how he can fix the wires, and does it

07:15himself. The connection comes back and more troops are called. The six years old saves everyone's life.

07:21Later, we see the commander and Katya talking by the river. The commander finally confesses his love

07:27for her and asks her to be Sergei's mother. Katya is over the moon, but before she can say anything,

07:33a soldier approaches them and gives the commander a letter, saying they have been dispatched from the

07:37base. The following day, all the soldiers leave for their new base along with Sergei. However, on their

07:43way, they come across a minefield that blows off some of their vehicles. The commander is hurt while

07:48the group's orderly, who Sergei was close with, dies in the explosion. He cries and hugs the

07:54commander. They carry the injured ones with them and continue their journey to their new base.

07:58When they finally reach the other base, they meet the commander's leader, the general. He too is

08:03impressed by the kid's ambition and congratulates the commander for having such a smart kid.

08:08The following day, their division is awarded a guard's banner, and so is the boy. He promises to

08:14save his country when the general gives him his badge. One night, their base is attacked brutally,

08:19and the commander is trapped under the ruins. Sergei cries for his father and tries to save him.

08:25He calls the other soldiers, who finally bring the commander out. The next day, Sergei approaches an

08:30injured commander, his hands were hurt while trying to save the commander. The kid is now an inseparable

08:36part of the team. He doesn't have a family beside them, and moves wherever they go in the war.

08:40The movie ends as the regiment is seen moving to another base. A voice in the background narrates

08:46that he even took part in the Stalingrad battle, and reached Poland with the soldiers. He is currently

08:51known as the world's youngest soldier ever, and the legendary story of his bravery, is now spread

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