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The Steamroller and the Violin

1961 film by Andrei Tarkovsky
Movie short_film Q925852
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The Steamroller and the Violin

Summary

The Steamroller and the Violin is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Steamroller and the Violin's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's director is recorded as Andrei Tarkovsky[4].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's screenwriter is recorded as Andrei Tarkovsky[5].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's screenwriter is recorded as Andrei Konchalovsky[6].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's composer is recorded as Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov[7].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's genre is recorded as children's film[9].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's cast member is recorded as Antonina Maksimova[10].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's cast member is recorded as Lyudmila Semyonova[11].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's cast member is recorded as Vladimir Zamanskiy[12].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's production company is recorded as Mosfilm[13].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's director of photography is recorded as Vadim Yusov[14].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0053987[15].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Russian[16].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[17].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's color is recorded as color[18].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 765980[19].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's country of origin is recorded as Soviet Union[20].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's publication date is recorded as +1961-12-30T00:00:00Z[21].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's publication date is recorded as +1962-08-18T00:00:00Z[22].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b5vsy[23].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's distributed by is recorded as Mosfilm[24].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[25].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's narrative location is recorded as Moscow[26].
  • The Steamroller and the Violin's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 1779[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Steamroller and the Violin's director is recorded as Andrei Tarkovsky[4]. Screenwriters include Andrei Tarkovsky[5] and Andrei Konchalovsky[6]. Cast members include Antonina Maksimova[10], Lyudmila Semyonova[11], and Vladimir Zamanskiy[12].

Publication

Publication dates include +1961-12-30T00:00:00Z[21] and +1962-08-18T00:00:00Z[22]. The Steamroller and the Violin's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Russian[16]. Genres include drama film[8] and children's film[9].

Why It Matters

The Steamroller and the Violin ranks in the top 4% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Tarkovsky Netflix

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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