The Steamroller and the Violin

Dec 30, 1961

0h 46m

★ 7.1

Overview

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 Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Sasha

Igor Fomchenko

Sergei

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Girl in Pink

Marina Adzhubei

Yura Brusser

Yuri Brusser

Slava Borisov

Vyacheslav Borisov

teacher

Lyudmila Semyonova

Neighbor

Tanya Prokhorova

Natalya Arkhangelskaya

Marina Figner

Sasha's mother

Antonina Maksimova

Aleksandr Ilin

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