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The Pioneer's Violin (1971)
Directed by Boris Stepantsev
Animation · 8m
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
- Director
- Boris Stepantsev
- Writer
- Yuri Yakovlev
- Director of Photography
- Mikhail Druyan
Details
- Original title
- Скрипка пионера
- Release date
- 1971-06-05
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Animation
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Soyuzmultfilm