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The Steamroller and the Violin, is a 1961 featurette directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and from a screenplay written by Andrei Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky. The film tells the story of the unlikely friendship of Sasha, a little boy, and Sergey, the operator of a steamroller. The film was Tarkovsky's diploma film at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), but was made at the Mosfilm studio.
Original Release
12/30/1961
US Release
08/18/1962
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Igor Fomchenko | Sasha |
| Natalya Arkhangelskaya | Devushka |
| Marina Adzhubei | Devushka v rozovom / Girl in Pink |
| Vyacheslav Borisov | (as Slava Borisov) / Slava Borisov |
| Yuri Brusser | (as Yura Brusser) / Yura Brusser |
| Zhenya Fedchenko | |
| Marina Figner | Mama uchenika muzykalnoy shkoli |
| Aleksandr Ilin | (as Sasha Ilin) |
| Gena Klyachkovsky | |
| Igor Korovikov |
Directors
Writers
Andrei Tarkovsky, S. Bakhmetyeva, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Igor Fomchenko | Sasha |
| Natalya Arkhangelskaya | Devushka |
| Marina Adzhubei | Devushka v rozovom / Girl in Pink |
| Vyacheslav Borisov | (as Slava Borisov) / Slava Borisov |
| Yuri Brusser | (as Yura Brusser) / Yura Brusser |
| Zhenya Fedchenko | |
| Marina Figner | Mama uchenika muzykalnoy shkoli |
| Aleksandr Ilin | (as Sasha Ilin) |
| Gena Klyachkovsky | |
| Igor Korovikov | |
| Kolya Kozyryev | (as Kolya Kozarev) |
| Antonina Maksimova | mama Sashi / Sasha's mother |
| Tatyana Prokhorova | Devushka-sosedka |
| Lyudmila Semyonova | teacher / Uchitelnitsa muzyki |
| Aleksandr Vitoslavsky | (as Sasha Vitoslavskiy) |
| Galina Zhdanova | Sosedka |
| Velga Vilipa | Sergei / Sergey |
