The Violin

30m
6

The Violin is a 1974 short film by Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, featuring Maurice Solway. Solway also wrote the original music. The film promotes peace and understanding through the power of music and the exchange of knowledge and friendship between the old and the young. In 1975, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short.

Cast

Maurice Solway
Unknown
Chris Herman
Older Boy
Chris Langevin
Younger boy
Tom Bjarnason
Pawnbroker
Roderick Stothers
Hunter
Robert Christie
Narrator

Crew

George Pastic
Director, Cinematography
Andrew Welsh
Director
Robert Thomas Allan
Writer
Ron Wisman
Editor

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