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.
Cinematography
Wind through wheat fields that'll wreck you
Sound
Sound design that breathes and whispers
Direction
Tarkovsky bends time like wet paper
Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Alla Demidova
Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Forensic Doctor
Mykola Hrynko
Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Proofreader in Printing House
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Arseny Tarkovsky
Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tarkovsky's mother makes a cameo as the older Maroussia, and his father Arseny Tarkovsky reads his own poetry in the film.
Soviet authorities hated it so much they only allowed limited release; now it's considered one of the greatest films ever made.
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