Mirror

Mirror (1975)

07/03/1975
Drama, History
1h 47m

Overview

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.

  • Andrei TarkovskyDirector, Writer
  • Aleksandr MisharinWriter
  • Original Title

    Зеркало

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

  • Budget

    $825,000

  • Revenue

    $124,367

Keywords

  • dreams
  • wind
  • poetry
  • world war ii
  • cigarette
  • field
  • spanish civil war (1936-39)
  • nostalgia
  • forest
  • terminal illness
  • flashback
  • dying man
  • avant-garde
  • illness
  • childhood
  • post world war ii
  • dream sequence
  • newsreel footage
  • nostalgic
  • reflection
  • poetry recitation
  • russian history
  • sepia color
  • historical drama
  • memoirs
  • 1940s
  • 1960s
  • non-narrative
  • somber
  • self reflection
  • 1930s
  • reflective
  • portrait of an artist
  • dreamlike
  • russia
  • soviet union history
  • memories
  • stream of consciousness
  • existentialist
  • 20th century
  • experimental film
  • pre war soviet union
  • russian poetry
  • nonlinear narrative
  • voice-over
  • nostalgic memory
  • biographical drama
  • the great patriotic war
  • dying poet

Top Billed Cast

Margarita Terekhova

Margarita Terekhova

Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother

Ignat Daniltsev

Ignat Daniltsev

Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old

Larisa Tarkovskaya

Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei

Alla Demidova

Alla Demidova

Lisa

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Forensic Doctor

Nikolay Grinko

Nikolay Grinko

Printery Director

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table

Yuriy Nazarov

Yuriy Nazarov

Rifle Shooting Instructor

Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

The Father

Filipp Yankovsky

Filipp Yankovsky

Aleksei - 5 Years Old

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