The Boy and the Pigeon

The Boy and the Pigeon

1961
19m
4.8

4.8/10

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Overview

The boy wants to have a pigeon, but he can't afford to buy a bird. On the market for a pigeon asking for 100 rubles! Then he decides to buy a bird, bartering it for his father's album with stamps. Having caught a pigeon, the boy releases a bird into the sky. But the pigeon is returning to it's native dovecote, to it's former owner, who again demands money for it. This is a short movie about childhood and dreams, about the first life lessons that everyone has to face in childhood, when society and its laws bring changes into life, sometimes breaking the brightest dreams.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title Мальчик и голубь
Release Date April 1, 1961
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0055126

Cast

Nikolay Burlyaev
Nikolay Burlyaev

the Boy

Vladimir Shurupov
Vladimir Shurupov

pigeon-fancier

Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Evgeniy Urbanskiy

the loader from the store

Key Crew

Andrei Konchalovsky
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay
Yevgeni Ostashenko
Director