The Steamroller and the Violin: The Steamroller and the Violin is a 1960 short film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and from a screenplay written by Andron Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky. The film tells the story of the unlikely friendship of Sasha, a little boy, and Sergey, the operator of a steamroller. The film was Tarkovskys diploma film at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), but was made at the Mosfilm studio.