Frontline · SEASON 4
Comrades X: Soldier Boy
Episode 29 · 1986-08-26
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
For the first time on Western television, Frontline details a recruit's life inside a Soviet Army barracks. Frontline cameras follow Valera Krylov, 18, through the exertion and boredom of basic training in the military and focuses on his parents, who worry that in the next two years he may be fighting in Afghanistan.
Season 4 episodes
1. Hostage in Iran1986-01-21
2. Sue the Doctor?1986-01-28
3. Growing Up Poor1986-02-04
4. Russia-Love It or Leave It1986-02-11
5. Tobacco on Trial1986-02-18
6. Divorce Wars1986-02-25
7. Who's Running this War?1986-03-18
8. AIDS: a National Inquiry1986-03-25
9. Standoff in Mexico1986-04-01
10. Inside the Jury Room1986-04-08
11. Taxes Behind Closed Doors1986-04-15
12. The Disillusionment of David Stockman1986-04-20
13. Visions of Star Wars1986-04-22
14. Hollywood Dreams1986-05-13
15. The Bloods of 'Nam1986-05-20
16. A Matter of the Mind1986-05-27
17. Holy War, Holy Terror1986-06-03
18. Will There Always Be an England?1986-06-10
19. Assault on Affirmative Action1986-06-17
20. Comrades I: The Education of Rita1986-07-01
21. Comrades II: Hunter and Son1986-07-08
22. Comrades III: All that Jazz1986-07-15
23. Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo1986-07-22
24. Comrades V: Master of Samarkand1986-07-29
25. Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost1986-08-05
26. Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer1986-08-12
27. Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow1986-08-19
28. Comrades IX: Baltic Chic1986-08-26
29. Comrades X: Soldier Boy1986-08-26
30. Comrades XI: October Harvest1986-09-02
31. Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie1986-09-09
