An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

Stalker

1979

Russian

8.0

♡ 97

100%

92%

Action

alien

based on novel or book

Andrei Tarkovsky Director

Evgeniy Kostin as Cafe Owner

Raymo Rendi as Patrulnyy politseyskiy

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Pisatel

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy as Stalker

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

2019

Russian

7.6

♡ 12

95%

cinema on cinema

Documentary

portrait of a filmmaker

portrait of an artist

soviet union

soviet union filmmaker

tuscany, italy

Andrey A. Tarkovskiy Director

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Self

Margarita Terekhova as Self

Andrei Tarkovsky as Self

Inna Churikova as Self

An account of the life and work of Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) in his own words: his memories, his vision of art and his reflections on the fate of the artist and the meaning of human existence; through extremely rare audio recordings that allow a complete understanding of his inner life and the mysterious world existing behind his complex cinematic imagery.

The Ascent

1977

Russian

8.2

♡ 19

100%

Larisa Shepitko Director

Mikhail Selyutin as

Vasili Kravtsov as

Sergei Kanishchev as Boy wearing Budenovka

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Portnov, the Nazi interrogator

Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

Mirror

1975

Russian

7.9

♡ 55

100%

Andrei Tarkovsky Director

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Forensic doctor

Margarita Terekhova as Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother

Ilene Woods as Scrub Woman

Oleg Yankovskiy as The Father

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.

Solaris

1972

Russian

7.9

♡ 63

92%

based on novel or book

Drama

extraterrestrial technology

loss of sense of reality

Andrei Tarkovsky Director

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Doktor Sartorius, astrobiolog

Natalya Bondarchuk as Khari

Olga Barnet as Mat Krisa Kelvina

Yulian Semyonov as Predsedatel nauchnoy konferentsii

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

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Stalker

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The Ascent

Mirror

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