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1975 1h 47mDramaHistory

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

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A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

The vibe

dreamswindpoetryworld war iicigarettefieldnostalgiaforestterminal illnessflashback

Behind it

Andrei TarkovskyAndrei TarkovskyDirectorAleksandr MisharinAleksandr MisharinWriterEduard ArtemyevEduard ArtemyevComposerGeorgi RerbergGeorgi RerbergCinematography

Cast

Margarita TerekhovaMargarita TerekhovaNatalya / Maroussia - the MotherIgnat DaniltsevIgnat DaniltsevIgnat / Alexei - 12 Years OldLarisa TarkovskayaNadezhaAlla DemidovaAlla DemidovaLisaAnatoliy SolonitsynAnatoliy SolonitsynForensic DoctorMykola HrynkoMykola HrynkoPrintery DirectorTamara OgorodnikovaTamara OgorodnikovaNanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea TableYuriy NazarovYuriy NazarovRifle Shooting InstructorOleg YankovskiyOleg YankovskiyThe FatherFilipp YankovskyFilipp YankovskyAleksei - 5 Years OldTatyana ReshetnikovaTatyana ReshetnikovaProofreader in Printing HouseInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyNarrator - The Author's Words (voice)Arseny TarkovskyArseny TarkovskyNarrator - His Own Poems (voice)Mariya Tarkovskaya-VishnyakovaOld MotherYuri SventikovAsafiev - War OrphanOlga KizilovaRedheaded GirlErnesto del BosqueSpanish RefugeeLuis CorrecherSpanish Refugee

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Writers

Aleksandr Misharin, Andrei Tarkovsky

Release date

7 Mar 1975

Runtime

1h 47m

Budget

$0.8M

Box office

$0.1M · 0.2× its budget

Studio

Mosfilm

Language

Russian, Spanish

Country

Soviet Union

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