Andrei Rublev (1966)

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Starring:

Anatoly Solonitsyn | Ivan Lapikov | Nikolai Grinko | Irma Raush

Director:

Andrei Tarkovsky

Genres:

Classics | Drama | World Cinema

Languages:

Russian

Reviews:

14 reviews

Released:

Monday, January 21, 2002

Widely regarded as Tarkovsky's finest film, Andrei Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and Tatar invasions. Made on an epic scale, it does not flinch from portraying the savagery of the time, from which, almost inexplicably, the serenity of Rublev's art arose. The great set-pieces - the sack of Vladimir, the casting of the bell, the pagan ceremonies of St. John's night and the Russian crucifixion are tours-de-force of visceral film-making. This is the most complete version of the film available to date and reported to be the director's final version.

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Stuck in the mud

Philip from Dublin, 19 Dec 2009

Its gotta be admitted that this film is a hard slog. Its worth it in the end because of the stunning imagery and some brilliant sequences by one of the great Masters of the cinema. But its also painfully allegorical, requires a lot of knowledge of Russian history and iconography and is very slow going at times. It features episodes from the live of a monk and artist, trying to maintain his vision of goodness as he lives through the horrors of medieval Russia.

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epic

Brian from Dublin, 07 Aug 2008

its not light viewing alright but some really great set pieces - the long, single shot at the start of the parachute flight, the casting of the bell, the taking of vladimir. Has a fairly gruesome torture scene, though. Has the feel of an "important film" - in a good sense

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visceral

David from Dublin, 11 Dec 2008

this film manages to imbue a stark, bleak tonality with a very palpable richness. it is very textural and environment is evoked very physically. it is very loosely based around Andrei Rublev and like other Tarkovsky films uses discrete situations and lives on which to hang explorations of archetypes.