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Zerkalo (The Mirror) (1974)

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The award-winning director Andrei Tarkovsky, (one of his better known films is Andrei Rublev), the son of a famous Russian poet, was born in 1935 and grew up in and around Moscow during the Second World War. This non-linear autobiographical film is considered by many Russian-speakers to be his best film and is his most personal meditation on time, history and the Russian countryside. In a series of episodes and images, he captures the mood and feeling of the period just before, during and after

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest

Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky

Written By: Aleksandr Misharin, Andrei Tarkovsky

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1975 Wide

On DVD: Mar 21, 2000

Cast

Margarita Terekhova
Narrator's Mother/Narra...
Anatoli Solonitsin
Passerby
Nikolai Grinko
Ignat Daniltsev
Filipp Yankovsky
Alla Demidova
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Yuri Nazarov
Oleg Yankovsky
Yura Sventikov
E. del Boske
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Narrator

Critic Reviews for Zerkalo (The Mirror)

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Mirror, a new film by Andrei Tarkovsky, the controversial and unorthodox Soviet director, is delighting, puzzling, disaping serious Muscovite movie enthusiasts.

May 21, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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James F. Clarity

New York Times

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It is a film that is difficult to adequately describe -- and one I believe is impossible to process in one sitting.

September 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Made in the tradition of Resnais and Bergman, The Mirror, Tarkovsky's personal meditation about his childhood, scandalized Soviet authorities with its self-reflexive tone and poetic visual style.

December 31, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Cinema as art as cinema as art.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

One of Tarkovsky's most impenetrable films, it nonetheless left me staggered and awestruck.

January 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Cinemania

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Dan Jardine

Cinemania

Tarkovsky shoots for the moon and for the most part succeeds in trying to make his personal story also a lesson in political art.

July 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

This is the sort of film that starts you off without a net and leaves you to find your own footing.

March 5, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

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a gorgeous piece about time and memory, very densely layered. don't think too much is my advice. i prefer it over tarkovsky's other films. tho almost plotless, it's never boring

June 16, 2009

Stella Dallas

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A beautifully poetic and enigmatic Tarkovsky art film. It's either his greatest masterpiece or his greatest head-scratcher. Maybe both. Utterly unforgettable.

February 21, 2011