The Blind Musician
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The Blind Musician

Artkino's Brilliant New Color Film

6.8 / 10 1961 1h 15mNR Russian
Drama

Storyline

In the wealthy noble family of Popelsky, the only son Petrik is blind from birth. His mother Anna Mikhailovna, infinitely loving and pitying the boy, educates him as a rare fragile flower. And only Uncle Maxim, who fought under the banner of Garibaldi in his youth, is trying to accustom the boy to independence. The boy begins to recognize the world by touch, and one day his fingers find the keys of a piano. But, still not knowing the price of his talent, he leaves with the tramps "to seek the truth." And now only love can reconcile him with the world of the sighted.

Cast & Crew

Boris Livanov

Boris Livanov

Maxim Yatsenko

Lead
Vasiliy Livanov

Vasiliy Livanov

Pyotr

Marianna Strizhenova

Marianna Strizhenova

Anna Mikhailovna

LK

Larisa Kurdyumova

Evelina

Yuri Puzyryov

Yuri Puzyryov

Joachim

Aleksei Gribov

Aleksei Gribov

Fyodor Kandyba

Sergei Blinnikov

Sergei Blinnikov

Stavruchenko

Viktor Murganov

Viktor Murganov

Ilya

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tatyana Lukashevich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Blind Musician is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker