Ballad of an Old Gun

{{Infobox film

| name = Ballad of an Old Gun

| image = Ballada o starom oruzhii.jpg

| caption =

| director = Gennadi Voronin

| producer = Igor Tolstunov

| writer = Vatslav Mikhalsky

| starring = Patimat Khizroyeva
Sergei Skripkin
Aleksandr Demyanenko

| music = Anna Ikramova

| cinematography = Leonid Litvak

| editing = Tamara Krivosheina

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1986|5|12|df=yes}} [http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/46020/ Баллада о старом оружии] at the kinopoisk.ru

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Russian

| budget =

}}

Ballad of an Old Gun ({{langx|ru|Баллада о старом оружии|Ballada o starom oruzhii}}) is a 1986 Soviet war drama film directed by Gennadi Voronin.

Plot

In a remote mountain village fathers and mothers accompany their sons to the front. According to tradition, the Highlander does not have to give up weapons of their ancestors. Mature Patimat asks lieutenant Zvorykin convey her sons Sultan and Magomed ancient ancestral daggers. He disagrees, afraid to break the charter. But you can not break the habit, so a single mother, taking up arms, she goes in search of his sons.