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Andrei Rublev

Андрей Рублёв

1966 · 183 min · Drama

Across a violent, plague-and-Tatar-ridden medieval Russia, the great icon painter Andrei Rublev wanders, wrestling with faith, cruelty, and the meaning of his art, until horror robs him of his voice. Andrei Tarkovsky's monumental, transcendent epic.

Why it’s here

Tarkovsky’s monumental meditation on art, faith, violence, and Russian history is one of the central achievements of Russian and world cinema.

Runtime

183 min

Genre

Drama · History

Mood

thoughtful

Entry

challenging

Best for

first visit · film history

Content notes: violence or threat · sexual content Non-exhaustive