The Pioneer's Violin 1971
5.6/10 by 5 users
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.
- Released: 1971-06-05
- Runtime: 8 minutes
- Genre: Animation
- Stars:
- Director: Boris Stepantsev, Yuri Yakovlev, Viktor Shevkov, Mikhail Ziv, Anatoliy Abarenov
