Animated Soviet Propaganda - Fascist Barbarians S02E07: The Pioneer’s Violin (1971, EN sub)

directed by B. Stepantsev, Soyuzmultfilm. A Nazi soldier tries to force a young Soviet boy scout to play a German song on his violin. Instead he defiantly plays the [then] Soviet national anthem, “The International,” and is shot by the Nazi. Fyodor Khitruk: Patriotic themes existed and were included into the plan of Goskino (the State Film Committee)...We weren’t pushed to make films based on these themes, but the political repertoire was put together by what they approved or did not approve, as in feature films and literature. ‘The Pioneer’s Violin’ probably wasn’t promoted by somebody. They didn’t write the scripts on Vasiliev Street [Goskino]. As I remember, Boris Stepanstev who made this film, made it honestly thinking it was needed. Total Running Time: 7:45 min.