The Pioneer's Violin
1971, RU. Directed by Boris Stepantsev.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 8m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- RU
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- Released
- 5 June 1971
- Original title
- Скрипка пионера
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yuri Yakovlev
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The Pioneer's Violin (1971) was directed by Boris Stepantsev.