The Steamroller and the Violin (Russian: Каток и скрипка, 1961)

The Steamroller and the Violin (Russian: Каток и скрипка, translit. Katok i skripka), is a 1960 featurette directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and from a screenplay written by Andrei Tarkovsky and Andrei Konchalovsky. The film tells the story of the unlikely friendship of Sasha (Igor Fomchenko), a little boy, and Sergey (Vladimir Zamansky), 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. For his diploma film, Tarkovsky earned the grade of excellent (Russian: отличный), the highest possible distinction and the First Prize of New York Student Film Festival at 1961.