Andrei Rublev (1966)

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer.

Director:

Andrei Tarkovsky (as Andrey Tarkovskiy)

Writers:

Andrey Konchalovskiy (as Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovskiy), Andrei Tarkovsky (as Andrey Tarkovskiy)

Stars:

Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anatoliy Solonitsyn	...	Andrey Rublev
Ivan Lapikov	...	Kirill
Nikolay Grinko	...	Daniil Chyornyy
Nikolay Sergeev	...	Feofan Grek
Irina Tarkovskaya	...	Durochka (as Irma Raush)
Nikolay Burlyaev	...	Boriska
Yuriy Nazarov	...	Velikiy knyaz, Malyy knyaz
Yuriy Nikulin	...	Patrikey, monakh (as Yu. Nikulin)
Rolan Bykov	...	Skomorokh (as R. Bykov)
Nikolay Grabbe	...	Stepan, sotnik Velikogo knyazya (as N. Grabbe)
Mikhail Kononov	...	Foma, monakh (as M. Kononov)
Stepan Krylov	...	Starshiy liteyshchik (as S. Krylov)
Bolot Beyshenaliev	...	Tatarskiy khan (as B. Beyshenaliev)
B. Matysik	...	Pyotr
Anatoliy Obukhov	...	Aleksey, monakh (as A. Obukhov)

Storyline

Andreiv 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 by Tatar invasions.

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Plot Keywords:

russian orthodox church | painter | genius | silence | creativity | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian Italian Tatar

Release Date:

October 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Andrei Rublev

Filming Locations:

Andronnikov Monastery, Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

RUR 1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm, Tvorcheskoe Obedinienie Pisateley i Kinorabotnikov

Technical Specs

Runtime:

165 min (re-edited) 186 min (re-edited) 183 min (2004 re-release) 205 min (original length) 145 min (UK) 183 min (Blu-ray)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Sovcolor) Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vasiliy Livanov claims to be the one who suggested the idea for the film. He also wanted to play the lead, but director Andrei Tarkovsky wanted to cast the previously unknown actor Anatoliy Solonitsyn.

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Goofs

The smoothly-cut logs that feature many times in the early scenes are clearly cut with machinery not available in the early fifteenth century.

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Quotes

Andrei Rublyov: You just spoke of Jesus. Perhaps he was born and crucified to reconcile God and man. Jesus came from God, so he is all-powerful. And if He died on the cross it was predetermined and His crucifixion and death were God's will. That would have aroused hatred not in those that crucified him but in those that loved him if they had been near him at that moment, because they loved him as a man only. But if He, of His own will, left them, He displayed injustice, or even cruelty. Maybe those who ...

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Connections

Referenced in The Mirror (1974)

User Reviews

Bloody Tarkovsky!

He has ruined cinema for me and this is one of the masterpieces that did it. Everytime you see one of his film's you proclaim: "That's the best picture ever made!" Which can't be true as that was the last Tarkovsky film you saw. I've seen this one many times at the cinema and is the best three hours of celluloid you're likely to see apart from Solaris, which is Tarkovsky anyway.

Tarkovsky wanted to make art that would change people's lives and in this he succeeded. Although his life was troubled and his projects clawed into life randomly from the grip of his film studio bosses, when viewed as a whole they seem to be all part of some great plan that was meant to reach fruition right from the start. He believed that ultimately it is best to do things that deepen one's inner life rather than impoverish it. That may explain why you leave most Hollywood films feeling soiled. There are too many great scenes and moments in this astonishing and monumental work to mention so I won't. Suffice it to say it would have been fascinating to have seen what Tarkovsky would have made had he lived and returned from exile to his homeland. Recent events in Russia and the Balkans make this film even more vital and pertinent today.

The trouble is Tarkovsky's films have such extraordinary purity and spiritual depth that no other films seem able to satisfy one in the same way. They seem flat, lifeless and unable to compete. Why watch the let's-pretend-grown ups like Tarantino when you can watch a real grown up? So like I said, Bloody Tarkovsky. He has ruined cinema for me.