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Released
1961 · FILM

The Steamroller and the Violin

Directed by
Runtime
46 min
Language
RU
Drama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Seven-year-old Sasha practices the violin every day to fulfill his parents' ambitions. Already withdrawn due to his strict routine, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends Sergei, a worker who operates a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lyubov ButuzovaShot by Vadim YusovScored by Vyacheslav OvchinnikovDesigned by Soviet Agoyan

Also known as

  • Die Straßenwalze und die Geigede
  • The Steamroller and the Violinen
  • El violín y la apisonadoraes
  • Le Rouleau compresseur et le Violonfr
  • Il rullo compressore e il violinoit

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