The Boy and the Pigeon (Мальчик и голубь) 63 years old

The Boy and the Pigeon

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.

Credits

The Boy and the Pigeon Cast

Name Character
Nikolay Burlyaev He was 14, now 77 years old as the Boy
Evgeniy Urbanskiy as the loader from the store

The Boy and the Pigeon Crew

Name Department
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov as Music. He was 24 (82) years old when He died Sound
Andrei Konchalovsky as Director. He was 23 (now 86) years old Directing
Andrei Konchalovsky as Screenplay. He was 23 (now 86) years old Writing
The Boy and the Pigeon poster
The Boy and the Pigeon (63 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, April 01, 1961
  • Runtime: 19 minutes