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The Steamroller and the Violin

1961 · 46 min · Director: Andrei Tarkovsky ★ IMDb 7.4 · 8,014 ratings

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Seven year old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.

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The Steamroller and the Violin (1961) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Cast

IF
Igor Fomchenko

VZ
Vladimir Zamanskiy

MA
Marina Adzhubei

YB
Yuri Brusser

VB
Vyacheslav Borisov

LS
Lyudmila Semyonova

TP
Tanya Prokhorova

NA
Natalya Arkhangelskaya

MF
Marina Figner

AM
Antonina Maksimova

Details

Directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by
Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky, S. Bakhmetyeva
Type
Movies
Released
1961
Runtime
46 min
Country
Soviet Union
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 8,014 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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