The Steamroller and the Violin

Early student effort from the great Andrei Tarkovsky ("Solaris") tells of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a city worker, a macho steamroller driver who protects the boy from a gang of neighborhood bullies. With Igor Fomchenko and V. Zamansky; co-written by Andrei Konchalovsky ("Runaway Train"). 43 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Russian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; biography; filmography. In Russian with English subtitles.