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    • Title:The Steamroller and the Violin [videorecording] = Katok i Skripka / a Mosfilm Studios Production, USSR ; United Literatura of Children's Films Production ; directed by Andrea [sic.] Tarkovsky ; written by Andreĭ Konchalovsky and Andreĭ Tarkovsky.
    • ISBN:1565803124
    • Published/Created:Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, c2002.
    • Physical Description:1 videodisc (43 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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    • Notes:Originally released as a motion picture by Kinostudii︠a︡ Mosfilʹm (USSR) in 1960.
      From a story by S. Bakhmetyeva.
      Special features: Andreĭ Tarkovsky: biography; Andreĭ Tarkovsky: director filmography.
      In Russian with English subtitles.
    • Summary:At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship between Sasha, a young boy who loves to play the violin, and Sergey, the macho driver of a steamroller. The film sidesteps sentimentality to give us a warm yet ironic look at two individuals who bridge differences in generations to form a powerful bond.
    • Variant and related titles:Katok i Skripka
      Steamroller and the Violin
    • Format:Visual Material
    • Credits:Camera operator, Vadim Yusov ; production director, A. Karetin ; original music by V. Ovchinnikov ; val
    • Cast:Igor Fomchenko, V. Zamansky, N. Arhangelskaya.
    • System details note:DVD.
    • Subjects:Feature films--Soviet Union.
    • Also listed under:Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986, film director.
      Mikhalkov-Konchalovskiĭ, Andreĭ Sergeevich, aus.
      Karetin, A.
      Khachaturi︠a︡n, Ė., cnd.
      Bakhmetyeva, S., aut.
      Moskovskai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ "Mosfilʹm."
      Facets Video (Firm)