The Pioneer's Violin
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.
Animation
5.6
5 reviewsRuntime: 8 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1971-06-05
Director(s): Boris Stepantsev
Production: Soyuzmultfilm
Languages: No Language
IMDB: tt1943844
