Principal cast
Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova and Anatoliy Solonitsyn
About the film
Mirror at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1975 film at stop 124 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Key craft credits
Georgi Rerberg (director of photography), Lyudmila Feiginova (editor), Eduard Artemyev (original music composer) and Nikolay Dvigubskiy (production design)
- Director
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Release
- 1975-03-07
- Runtime
- 107 minutes
- Genres
- Drama and History
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Quiz
- 50 questions
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Full cast
- Margarita TerekhovaCharacter: Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
- Ignat DaniltsevCharacter: Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
- Larisa TarkovskayaCharacter: Nadezha
- Alla DemidovaCharacter: Lisa
- Anatoliy SolonitsynCharacter: Forensic Doctor
- Mykola HrynkoCharacter: Printery Director
- Tamara OgorodnikovaCharacter: Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
- Yuriy NazarovCharacter: Rifle Shooting Instructor
- Oleg YankovskiyCharacter: The Father
- Filipp YankovskyCharacter: Aleksei - 5 Years Old
- Tatyana ReshetnikovaCharacter: Proofreader in Printing House
- Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyCharacter: Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Full crew
Full crew
- Andrei TarkovskyCredits: Writer, Director
- Lyudmila FeiginovaCredits: Editor
- Georgi RerbergCredits: Director of Photography
- Aleksandr MisharinCredits: Writer
- Nelli FominaCredits: Costume Design
- Eduard ArtemyevCredits: Original Music Composer
- Anatoliy NikolayevCredits: Camera Operator
- Igor ShtankoCredits: Camera Operator
- Nikolay DvigubskiyCredits: Production Design
- Vera RudinaCredits: Makeup Artist
- Arseny TarkovskyCredits: Poem
- Semyon LitvinovCredits: Sound Director
- Yuriy KushneryovCredits: Assistant Director
- Larisa TarkovskayaCredits: First Assistant Director
- Mariya ChugunovaCredits: First Assistant Director
- Valeriy KharchenkoCredits: First Assistant Director
- Vladimir IvanovCredits: Assistant Camera
- Vadim MurashkoCredits: Still Photographer
- V. GusevCredits: Lighting Director
- Yuri PotapovCredits: VFX Director of Photography
- A. MerkulovCredits: Set Decoration
- Johann Sebastian BachCredits: Music
- Henry PurcellCredits: Music
- Giovanni Battista PergolesiCredits: Music
- Ninel BoyarovaCredits: Script Editor
- L. LazarevCredits: Script Editor
- Erik WaisbergCredits: Executive Producer
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