Film Forum

Sweden/France/U.K., 1986
Written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall
Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
Approx. 146 min. DCP.

Opening with a small group of familiar players in a tense isolated situation, Tarkovsky’s final film unfolds to encompass the director’s cosmic view as faced with nuclear holocaust, a mystic sacrifice must be offered to restore the world — with unforeseen results. Produced in Sweden with a cast headed by Bergman star Erland Josephson and shot by his cinematographer Sven Nykvist. “Unrivaled in the history of cinema in the expression of sheer dread.” – Time Out

Restored by the Swedish Film Institute.

A KINO LORBER RELEASE

Reviews

“A stunningly choreographed ballet of cast and camera.”
 – Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times

“BRILLIANT AND AUDACIOUS. WITH ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY FINAL FILM SEQUENCES IN MODERN CINEMA.”
– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“TARKOVSKY’S FINEST WORK… No other filmmaker so powerfully evokes a world of the spirit existing beyond surface appearances, and in doing so, Tarkovsky creates some of the most piercingly beautiful images ever captured on film…no director could wish a more splendid valedictory.”
– Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times

“You may find yourself moved as you have never been moved before.”
– Andrew Sarris, The Village Voice