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Mirror

Original title: Zerkalo
  • 19751975
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  • 1h 47m
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Mirror (1975)
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
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A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
46K
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POPULARITY
6,294
710
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    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Aleksandr Misharin
      • Arseniy Tarkovskiy(poems)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Stars
      • Margarita Terekhova
      • Filipp Yankovskiy
      • Ignat Daniltsev
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Aleksandr Misharin
      • Arseniy Tarkovskiy(poems)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Stars
      • Margarita Terekhova
      • Filipp Yankovskiy
      • Ignat Daniltsev
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 158User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Margarita Terekhova
    Margarita Terekhova
    • Natalya…
    Filipp Yankovskiy
    Filipp Yankovskiy
    • Aleksei - Five Years Old
    Ignat Daniltsev
    Ignat Daniltsev
    • Ignat…
    Oleg Yankovskiy
    Oleg Yankovskiy
    • The Father
    Nikolay Grinko
    Nikolay Grinko
    • Printery Director
    Alla Demidova
    Alla Demidova
    • Lisa
    Yuriy Nazarov
    Yuriy Nazarov
    • Military trainer
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • Forensic doctor
    Larisa Tarkovskaya
    Larisa Tarkovskaya
    • Nadezha - Mother of twelve-year-old Alexei
    Tamara Ogorodnikova
    • Nanny…
    Yuri Sventisov
    • Yuri Zhary
    Tamara Reshetnikova
    Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
    Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
    • Aleksei
    • (voice)
    Arseniy Tarkovskiy
    • Father
    • (voice)
    E. Del Bosque
    • A Spaniard
    Ángel Gutiérrez
    • A Spaniard
    Tatiana Del Bosque
    • A Spaniard
    Teresa Del Bosque
    • A Spaniard
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Aleksandr Misharin
      • Arseniy Tarkovskiy(poems) (uncredited)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
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    • Trivia
      To create the effect of the wind making waves through the crops in the field outside the cabin in the woods, Tarkovsky had two helicopters land behind the camera and switch on the rotors when he wanted the wind to start.
    • Goofs
      In the first scene, in which stutterer Yuri Zhary is being hypnotized, a shadow of the boom mic is prominently visible on the wall behind him. However, because this is clearly supposed to be a recreation of a TV broadcast, it appears to be a intentional error.
    • Quotes

      Father: It seems to make me return to the place, poignantly dear to my heart, where my grandfather's house used to be in which I was born 40 years ago right on the dinner table. Each time I try to enter it, something prevents me from doing that. I see this dream again and again. And when I see those walls made of logs and the dark entrance, even in my dream I become aware that I'm only dreaming it. And the overwhelming joy is clouded by anticipation of awakening. At times something happens and I stop dreaming of the house and the pine trees of my childhood around it. Then I get depressed. And I can't wait to see this dream in which I'l be a child again and feel happy again because everything will still be ahead, everything will be possible...

    • Connections
      Edited into Arkadia haire (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers
      from opera "The Indian Queen" Act 4

      Written by Henry Purcell

    User reviews158

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    Many films allow one immediate response; you know while watching how effective it is and at the end are geared for talking or writing about what you have just seen.

    Others, you need to spend time with. This -- I am guessing here -- is because the truly great so lead our imagination that we need to heal or grow after the experience and only then assess what has happened. Surely when you are in this film, you know something special is going on: there are some true transcendences of the eye; very dimensional, surprising. Just as you have established the field of vision and registered the one thing you expect to see, the camera moves in an unexpected manner to reveal either a completely extra or contradictory reality.

    Those moments thrill, but confuse at the same time because in lesser hands, this would be an excuse for noodling about with the 'story' in a superficially artsy-fartsy manner. Only after some time can you evaluate how effectively this might have slipped between the sheets of your minds. It is a matter of some interest to me how this happens when it does. Is it a matter of the artist knowing us better than we do ourselves and slipping into our dreams unawares? Or is a matter of creating an attractive castle that we are drawn to and inhabit?

    Generally, when an artist is called 'personal,' it is thought to be the latter. But in this case, I think most of what he has done is find that universal manner of overlapping and merging that underlies the visual memory of us all. What confuses is the Soviet environment: the intensely uncoordinated industrial environment and the once fine but now dilapidated urban residences. They transport us to a different place: the unfamiliar described in a familiar way.

    Surely this is not what he intended: he didn't make this for a comfortable American/European. And if not made just for himself it was for people who shared the same world. So at least as far as the content, we are attracted to an unfamiliar castle. But so far as the 'personal' form, I think he has found something strangely cosmic. This may be the best film (with Rublev) of one of the three most important filmmakers in history.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 4 of 4: Every visually literate person should experience this.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 7, 1975 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Mirror
    • Filming locations
      • Tuchkovo, Ruzskiy District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
    • Production company
      • Mosfilm
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • RUR 622,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,168
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,537
      • Sep 15, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $119,266
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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