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Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986)

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The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei M. Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood, which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival... See full bio »

Born:

Andrey Arsenevich Tarkovskiy
in Zavrazhe, Yurevetskiy rayon, Ivanovskaya Promyshlennaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR (now Ivanovskaya oblast, Russia)

Died:

(age 54) in Paris, France
Mikhail Vartanov's "Parajanov: The Last Spring"
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Filmography

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1986 The Sacrifice (scenario)
 
1983 Nostalghia (screenplay / as Andrey Tarkovsky)
 
1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
 
1982 Beregis, zmey!
 
1979 Stalker (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1975 The Mirror
 
1974 The Fierce One (uncredited)
 
1974 Sour Grape (uncredited)
 
1973 Konets atamana (uncredited)
 
1972 Solaris (screenplay)
 
1968 Sergey Lazo (uncredited)
 
1966 Andrei Rublev
 
1962 Ivan's Childhood (uncredited)
 
1961 The Steamroller and the Violin
 
1959 There Will Be No Leave Today (short) (as A. Tarkovsky)
 
1956 Ubiytsy (short) (screenplay / as A. Tarkovsky)
 
Show ShowDirector (11 titles)
1986 The Sacrifice (as Andrei Tarkovskij)
 
1983 Nostalghia (as Andrey Tarkovsky)
 
1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
 
1979 Stalker
 
1975 The Mirror
 
1972 Solaris
 
1966 Andrei Rublev
 
1962 Ivan's Childhood
 
1961 The Steamroller and the Violin
 
1959 There Will Be No Leave Today (short) (as A. Tarkovsky)
 
1956 Ubiytsy (short) (as A. Tarkovsky)
 
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2006 Zona (TV series) (epigraph - 2006)
 
1990 Boris Godunov (TV movie) (directed for stage: original production by)
 
1974 Sour Grape (creative advisor)
 
1969 Odin shans iz tysyachi (script revision - uncredited)
 
1968 Tashkent - gorod khlebny (script revision - uncredited)
 
1965 Pervyy uchitel (script revision - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1968 Sergey Lazo
Bochkarev-White Guard officer (uncredited)
 
1965 I Am Twenty
'Turnip' Jerk Guest at Anya's Party
 
1956 Ubiytsy (short)
2nd Customer
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1986 The Sacrifice (as Andrei Tarkovskij)
 
1968 Sergey Lazo (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
1979 Stalker
 
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1969 Odin shans iz tysyachi (artistic supervisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2012 The Debridement of Rome (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2009 Antichrist (dedicatee)
 
2007 777 (short) (dedicatee)
 
1987 Wings of Desire (dedicatee - as Andrzej)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2012 Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
1988 Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The Road to Bresson (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2013 SK13 (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Andrey Tarkovskiy. Vospominanie (documentary short)
Himself
 
1991 Elokuva vangitsee aikaa (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Islands (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Moskovskaya elegiya (documentary)
Himself
 

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Ivan's Childhood -- The debut feature from the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood is an evocative, poetic journey through the shadows and shards of one boy’s war-torn youth. Andrei Rublev -- A sweeping, medieval tale of Russia's greatest icon painter. Too experimental, too frightening, too violent, and too politically complicated, it was immediately suppressed by the Soviets in 1966. Solaris -- Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the nightmarish phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

The Sealed Time (Le temps scellé). From Ivan's childhood to The Sacrifice. See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Biographical Movies  | 7 Print Biographies  | 6 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Andrzej | Andrei Tarkovski | Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovskii | Andrei Tarkovskij | A. Tarkovsky | Andrey Tarkovsky

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Personal Quote:

An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it... See more »

Trivia:

Ingmar Bergman hailed him as "the most important director of all time". See more »

Star Sign:

Aries