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    The Boy and the Pigeon

    19'

    1961-04-01

    5.7

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingAndrei KonchalovskyWritingAndrei Konchalovsky

    Cast

    1

    the Boy

    Nikolay Burlyaev

    1

    pigeon-fancier

    Vladimir Shurupov

    1

    the loader from the store

    Evgeniy Urbanskiy

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Soviet Union
    • List of languages:
      1. Russian
    • List of companies:
      1. VGIK
    • Vote Count: 6
    • Popularity: 0.5246
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Мальчик и голубь

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