Film
The Pioneer's Violin
1971 · 8m · Animation
- IMDb
- 6.2
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Overview
Subtle coloring and an impressionistic approach to landscape distinguish this patriotic animated short set to music. After a flourishing Soviet hamlet is destroyed by Nazi planes, the sole survivor is confronted by a hulking Nazi commando in a tank. The military man tries to cajole the young violinist into repeating a jaunty harmonica melody at gunpoint but the boy strikes up a noble song of resistance instead. Stepantsev's film may romance the idea of martyrdom but it does so with a gravity not often found in similar films.
Crew
- Boris StepantsevDirector
- Yuri YakovlevWriter
- Mikhail DruyanDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- June 5, 1971
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Animation
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