Cover Image

Zerkalo /

Зеркало /
Show other versions (3)

A subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (STALKER) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film sto...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Zerkalo (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986 (Screenwriter), Misharin, A. (Aleksandr) (Screenwriter), Terekhova, Margarita, 1942- (Actor), Danilʹt︠s︡ev, I. (Actor), Tarkovski, Larissa (Actor), Demidova, Alla (Actor), Solonit︠s︡yn, Anatoliĭ Alekseevich, 1934-1982 (Actor), Grinʹko, Nikolaĭ, 1920-1989 (Actor), I︠A︡nkovskiĭ, Filipp, 1968- (Actor), I︠A︡nkovskiĭ, Oleg, 1944-2009 (Actor), Smoktunovskiĭ, I. (Narrator), Tarkovskiĭ, Arseniĭ, 1907-1989 (Speaker), Rerberg, Georgiĭ, 1937-1999 (director of photography.), Artemʹev, Ėduard (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:Russian
Language Notes:In Russian with subtitles in English.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 1975.
Subjects:
Poets > Drama.
Terminally ill > Soviet Union > Drama.
Episodic memory > Drama.
Families > Soviet Union > Drama.
Soviet Union > Social life and customs > 1917-1970 > Drama.
Manners and customs.
Families.
Episodic memory.
Poets.
Terminally ill.
Soviet Union.
1917-1970
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Experimental films.
Autobiographical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
Description
Summary:A subtly ravishing passage through the halls of time and memory, this sublime reflection on twentieth-century Russian history by Andrei Tarkovsky (STALKER) is as much a poem composed in images, or a hypnagogic hallucination, as it is a work of cinema. In a richly textured collage of varying film stocks and newsreel footage, the recollections of a dying poet flash before our eyes, his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood, wartime, and marriage, all imbued with the mystical power of a trance. Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, MIRROR has since taken its place as one of the director's most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
Title from title frames.
This version distributed and produced by The Criterion Collection.
Fullscreen (1.37:1).
"Filming dates: 2 November 1973-18 March 1974"; release dates: 7 March 1975"--IMDb, viewed online on October 1, 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): .flv file, sound, color and black and white
Playing Time:01:46:00
Production Credits:Director of photography, Georgiĭ Rerberg ; editor, L. Feĭginova ; music, Ėduard Artemʹev.