Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 5th, 1971
Original Language:Russian
The Pioneers Violin (1971)
Audience Score
DirectorBoris Stepantsev
Plot
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 Stepantsevs film may romance the idea of martyrdom but it does so with a gravity not often found in similar films
