Andrei Rublev Movie Review 1966

A 15th-century Russian icon painter must decide whether to record history or participate in it as Tartar invaders make life miserable. During the black and white portion, he becomes involved in a peasant uprising, killing a man in the process. After a bout of pessimism and a vow of silence, he goes forth to create artistic beauty as the screen correspondingly blazes with color. A brilliant historical drama censored by Soviet authorities until 1971. In Russian with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 185 minutes.
Originally from Russian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Art & Artists, B/W & Color Combos, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky

Cast

Anatoli (Otto) Solonitzin, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev

Cinematography

Vadim Yusov

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Music

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Producer

Mosfilm