The Pioneer's Violin

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1971

Animation

8 minutes

Summary

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.

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Original NameСкрипка пионера (The Pioneer's Violin)

StatusReleased: 53 years ago
June 5, 1971

LanguageUnknown

Spoken LanguagesNo Language

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