RUSSIA · 1986

The Sacrifice

Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet Poetic Cinema nuclear apocalypse existential crisis sacrifice and redemption faith and spirituality family and mortality
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Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

Year1986
CountryRussia
DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky
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