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Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter and perhaps the first great Russian artist. Unfolding in a free-flowing series of eight episodes, ANDREI RUBLEV follows the painter (Anatoli Solonitsyn) as he faces unbearable violence,.. Read more

Starring	Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko
Director	Andrei Tarkovsky
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- The complete version (39 minutes longer than the print originally released) 'explains' no more than the cut version,... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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  Tarkovsky masterpiece
  
  A friend confessed to us that she saw this in the cinema and was so bored she walked out. It's hard to believe she was watching the same film. OK, the film ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - chimp1
  - London
  - 16 Sep 2004 at 22:34
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  You cast bells, I'll paint icons
  
  Two and a half hours into this Russian arthouse behemoth, I sent a tweet to the Guardian’s legendary film critic Peter Bradshaw asking him if it ever ended... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Midnightcheeseandbiscuits
  - 26 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Apr 2011 at 19:37
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  Andrei Rublev
  
  Excellent photography - this truly is a masterpiece. He only made a few films but all of them are worth watching. Yes they are long - but so interesting to live... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 21 Nov 2010 at 09:39
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  Andrei Rublev
  
  This is the film that confirmed Andrei Tarkovsky as one of the twentieth century's most important filmakers. While initially seeming like a simple biopic of... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 16 Oct 2010 at 16:37
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  Andrei Rublev
  
  I suspect there might be true greatness in Andrei Rublev - a little follow-up reading reveals themes, symbolism and historical significance that my tiny mind ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 07 Oct 2010 at 11:52
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  good
  
  It's a shame the film is obviously too long to fit onto one disc. The 1st part didn't make much of an impact on me - I think I'd have got much more ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - cuyocksol
  - 7 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Oct 2009 at 00:41
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  Excellent
  
  This is a great work of art and should be seen. However, note that this particular DVD is a slightly cut-down version. E.g., the notorious burning cow and ... read more »
  
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- - Yorick
  - 10 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 05 Mar 2009 at 06:05
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  One of the world's great masterpieces
  
  A man clings to a church tower and, while below him the Tartar hordes attack the remaining handful of peasants, he soars skywards on his primitive hot air ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 19:48
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  Rublev Roams Russia
  
  This film is a black & white masterpiece which unfortunately is too long to take in at one sitting.
  
  Had it been made by Hollywood it would have ... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 13 Oct 2008 at 12:02
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  Andrei Rublev
  
  Seemed older than the 60's (though that is not a criticism) An interesting film if somewhatover long (two discs). Photography at times was stunning and the... read more »
  
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- - gothic
  - 67 reviews
  - Craigavon
  - 19 Sep 2008 at 15:02
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  Andrei Rublov
  
  I found it difficult to rate this film as there were part of the torture scenes I could not watch, but my husband found it an interesting epic double film.read more »
  
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- - carolinwales
  - 33 reviews
  - Oswestry
  - 19 Aug 2008 at 15:40
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- - 29
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  Tarkovsky masterpiece
  
  A friend confessed to us that she saw this in the cinema and was so bored she walked out. It's hard to believe she was watching the same film. OK, the film ... read more »
  
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- 309625
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  - chimp1
  - London
  - 16 Sep 2004 at 22:34
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  The rest of Rublev
  
  This is not a bonus disc, but the last hour and a half of the movie, so you need to rent both at the same time to see the whole thing.
  
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- - klauski
  - west sussex
  - 08 Nov 2004 at 11:03
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  Russian Classic
  
  This film is quite simply, superb. It's quite heavy going in parts, as it's a proper epic, but it's visually stunning. The eponymous hero is an icon... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 29 Jul 2004 at 11:52
- - 9
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  Aka The Passion of Andrei.
  
  This long Russian film is undoubtedly a masterpiece. It is very loosely based about the life and work of a great Russian painter of the fifteenth century. It ... read more »
  
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- - William Johnson
  - leamington
  - 12 Nov 2004 at 07:28
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  Difficult but immensely rewarding
  
  I have to admit that around halfway through Tarkovsky's three hour epic about the eponymous medieval Russian painter, I was strongly tempted to give in. A ... read more »
  
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- - bobbyperu
  - Merseyside
  - 16 Dec 2004 at 21:07
- - 2
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  One of the world's great masterpieces
  
  A man clings to a church tower and, while below him the Tartar hordes attack the remaining handful of peasants, he soars skywards on his primitive hot air ... read more »
  
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- 657087
- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 10 Nov 2008 at 19:48
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  Excellent
  
  This is a great work of art and should be seen. However, note that this particular DVD is a slightly cut-down version. E.g., the notorious burning cow and ... read more »
  
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- - Yorick
  - 10 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 05 Mar 2009 at 06:05
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  Painting by Numerology
  
  This is a film to be approached with caution. While many are happy to lie down and worship at the shrine of European art-cinema, Tarkovsky is not everyone's... read more »
  
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- - klauski
  - west sussex
  - 08 Nov 2004 at 11:02
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  Tarkovsky tip..
  
  If picture quality is your main concern, then this is the edition for you, as the image is splendid, a restored version the sharpness of which adds considerably... read more »
  
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- - FilmFlaneur
  - 4 reviews
  - Tombstone, London
  - 01 Jul 2008 at 16:15
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  "Wonderful & terrible"
  
  This is not easy going. I would recommend you get hold of the script book (Faber) to fill in the difficult continuity. I first saw this over 25 years ago and it... read more »
  
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- - Kobilisy
  - 37 reviews
  - huddersfield. England
  - 25 Feb 2005 at 09:26

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Critics' reviews
- The complete version (39 minutes longer than the print originally released) 'explains' no more than the cut version,... read more on Time Out
- 44457
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...An adventure in images of hypnotic beauty....Soaring and majestic..." -- Critic's Choice
- 9576
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter and perhaps the first great Russian artist. Unfolding in a free-flowing series of eight episodes, ANDREI RUBLEV follows the painter (Anatoli Solonitsyn) ...