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  • The Pioneer's Violin (1971)
  • Not Rated
    Short | 8 min | Animation, Short
The Pioneer's Violin (1971)
Not Rated
Short | 8 min | Animation, Short
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 ...See moreSubtle 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. THE PIONEER'S VIOLIN may romance the idea of martyrdom but it does so with a gravity not often found in similar films. See less
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Director
Boris Stepantsev
Writer
Yuriy Yakovlev (as Yuri Yakovlev)
Composer
Mikhail Ziv
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Updated Dec 31, 1971
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1971 (Soviet Union)

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