The Boy and the Violin
1975, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Jovan Rančić.
The war is over. Children without mothers and fathers, children of fighters who fell for freedom...This is the story about such boys who placed in the homes for children of fallen soldiers. One of these homes was especially for boys with gift for music. One of them was a boy named Goran. he and his best friend exchanged violins. The difference in violins was only in color, but this one reminded him strangely of the past he past. All his boyish feelings and is tender memories of his mother killed in war, Goran put into his music, producing wonderful sounds on the dark violin. But it was this violin that caused many misunderstanding in the Home.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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- Released
- 24 January 1975
- Original title
- Dečak i violina
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Alenka Rančić, Jovan Rančić
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The Boy and the Violin runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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The Boy and the Violin isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 January 1975. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Boy and the Violin?
The Boy and the Violin (1975) was directed by Jovan Rančić and stars Janez Vrhovec, Boris Vukanjac, Svetislav 'Bule' Goncić.