The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)

Original title

Каток и скрипка

Directed by

Andrei Tarkovsky

Genre

drama film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

46 min

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 162 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A little boy who plays the violin becomes friends with a steamroller operator. The film follows their unlikely bond over the course of a day in a Soviet city.

gentlepoignanttenderslow-pacedwistfulintimatequietearnest

What happens

The Steamroller and the Violin (Russian: Каток и скрипка, translit. Katok i skripka), is a 1961 featurette directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and from a screenplay written by Andrei Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky. The film tells the story of the unlikely friendship of Sasha (Igor Fomchenko), a little boy, and Sergey (Vladimir Zamansky), the operator of a steamroller. The film was Tarkovsky's diploma film at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), but was made at the Mosfilm studio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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