Watching this again at age 24 with strep throat while the sun came up this morning, when I got to the part where the dog walks out the door and the woman starts picking up peaches or potatoes or whatever, I was literally reborn, etc.
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.
Quick Stats
7.9
TMDB Rating
1,121
Votes
1h 47m
Runtime
$825K
Budget
$124K
Box Office
15%
Return
Key Crew
DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky
WriterAleksandr Misharin
CinematographyGeorgi Rerberg
ComposerEduard Artemyev
EditorLyudmila Feiginova
Production DesignNikolay Dvigubskiy
Produced by
Mosfilm
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
L
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Nadezha
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)
M
Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
Old Mother
Y
Yuri Sventikov
Asafiev - War Orphan
