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One sheet for the 1961 Soviet short film
The Steamroller and the Violin translit. Katok i skripka), which was the student diploma film of the renowned Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky.
Key Information
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Screenwriters: Andrei Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky
Main Cast: Igor Fomchenko (Sasha, the boy) and Vladimir Zamansky (Sergey, the steamroller operator)
Plot: The film tells the story of an unlikely one-day friendship between Sasha, a sensitive seven-year-old violin student, and Sergey, a working-class steamroller operator who intervenes when he sees the boy being bullied. Their brief encounter crosses lines of class and age and explores themes of art versus labor and the nature of memory.
Significance: Although a student film, it is recognized for containing many of the stylistic and thematic elements that would define Tarkovsky's later, critically acclaimed work, such as his use of water imagery and evocative visuals. |
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