Stars: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Yuri Nazarov, Irma Raush

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

Summary: Life in 15th Century Russia based on the experiences of icon painter Andrei Rublev. Russian dialogue.

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, endless attacks by the crude and malicious Tartars, and, eventually, a crippling crisis of faith. A moving mosaic of time, spirituality, dreams, history, culture, and politics, Tarkovsky's masterpiece was immediately condemned by the Russian authorities, who waited years before giving it an official release. Despite this, the film endures as a wrenching testament to Tarkovsky's unique vision of the power of art and the duty of the artist. The film follows Rublev as he traverses the wretched earth of Russia in the Middle Ages, encountering jesters, fools, other artists, and the masses who eventually restore his faith in life and art. Tarkovsky's signature elliptical style, matched with stunning cinematography and breathtaking (and often nonnarrative) editing, creates a film unlike any other. Neither strict biography nor historical epic, ANDREI RUBLEV is the visual depiction of the mystical capacity for art to transform the struggles and joys of the human into the divine.

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Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen
Main Language:	Russian
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Filmographies, Stills Gallery, Interview With Tarkovskys Sister Marina Tarkovskaya, Interview With Actor Yuri Nazarov, Theophanes The Greek Andrei Rublev And Behind The Scenes Featurettes, Tarkovshy Trailers
Subtitles:	Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Year:	1966
Release Date:	January 21, 2002
Runtime:	185 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A R T 011 D V D
Keywords:	Passion, Subtitled, Two, General, According, Wide, Screen, Russian, Andrei, Rublev, Drama, Period, Discs, Rublyov
Genre:	Drama