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1986 Certificate PG
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Director Andrei Tarkovsky's final film. In the hours before a nuclear holocaust, a retired actor promises God that he will gladly sacrifice all he has if the disaster can be averted. By the following morning normality is restored ...now he must keep his vow... Swedish dialogue with subtitles. Read more

Starring Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Valerie Mairesse, Allan Edwall
Director Andrei Tarkovsky
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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  • Critics' reviews

    • "...Tarkovsky creates some of the most piercingly beautiful images ever captured on film. He is also the most uncompromising of film makers..."

    • 10895
    • "...A stunningly beautiful film that holds your attention even while you feel slightly stunned....Rewards in burst after burst of beauty..."

    • 10896
    • In a house on the south Swedish coast, a retired actor and critic (Josephson) holds court over an unfaithful wife... read more on Time Out

    • 45312
    • "...Elegance and formal intensity....One has to return to it, and listen for its complex vibrations..."

    • 10897
 

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    • The Sacrifice
      Director Andrei Tarkovsky's final film. In the hours before a nuclear holocaust, a retired actor promises God that he will gladly sacrifice all he has if the disaster can be averted. By the following morning normality is restored ...now he must keep his vow... Swedish dialogue with subtitles....

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