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&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.