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Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (Russian: Не болит голова у дятла , romanized: Ne bolit golova u dyatla ) is a 1974 Soviet drama film directed by Dinara Asanova.[1][2][3]

The film tells the story of a 14-year-old drum playing schoolboy who can't find his place in life. During his summer vacation, he also experiences first love.

It was the film acting debut of Elena Tsyplakova, who later became a famous actress and film director. The motion picture was also the first in the USSR, during the filming of which the technology flashing was used to control the color of the image.[4]

The film premiered in the USSR on November 5, 1975.

The film's title reflects the well-known fact that woodpeckers don't suffer from headaches, although they chisel a tree at a rate of 12,000 hits a day. For the discovery of the reasons why a woodpecker does not have a headache, American scientists Ivan Schwab and Philip Mayu from the University of California received the Ig Nobel Prize in 2006 - it turned out that this is due to the special structure of the skull in woodpeckers, in which the bones have a spongy structure and protect the brain from concussion during impacts.[5]