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The Steamroller and the Violin
The Steamroller and the Violin
7.6
/10
959 Ratings

THE STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN

Каток и скрипка

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet Union, 1961
Short, Drama

Synopsis

The seven-year-old fiddler (Igor Fomchenko) tries to sneak downstairs to his afternoon recital but is stopped first by neighborhood bullies, then by the sparkle of a mirrored window display, which gives him the world through spider eyes. A smiling girl sits by his side in the waiting room…

Synopsis

The seven-year-old fiddler (Igor Fomchenko) tries to sneak downstairs to his afternoon recital but is stopped first by neighborhood bullies, then by the sparkle of a mirrored window display, which gives him the world through spider eyes. A smiling girl sits by his side in the waiting room…