STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN

Excerpt from the film STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN , a Facets Video release. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky .For more info or to order this film, visit http://www.facetsdvd.com/product-p/dv67514.htm or contact sales@facets.org.

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Rescued from Russian film archives, this was Andrei Tarkovsky's diploma film for the Soviet State Film School. Before this video release, it was largely unseen even by some of the director's most fervent admirers. The story is a warm yet ironic one about the unlikely friendship between a young boy who loves to play the violin and a steamroller driver. In this simple yet deeply affecting early film, you can already appreciate the emerging talent of an artist who would go on to create some of the most profound works of world cinema. The film was co-written by Tarkovsky's fellow student, Andrei

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Film & Animation

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• Russian
• Cinema