Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (Russian: Не болит голова у дятла, romanized: Ne bolit golova u dyatla) is a 1974 Soviet romantic 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.

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] This film is about a young teen drummer nicknamed "The Fly", who constantly lives in the shadow of his brother, a famous basketball player.