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Cast
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Margarita Terekhova | ... |
Natalya /
Maroussia - the Mother
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Oleg Yankovskiy | ... |
The Father
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Filipp Yankovskiy | ... |
Aleksei - Five Years Old
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Ignat Daniltsev | ... |
Ignat /
Aleksei - twelve years old
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Nikolay Grinko | ... |
Printery Director
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Alla Demidova | ... |
Lisa
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Yuriy Nazarov | ... |
Military trainer
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn | ... |
Forensic doctor
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Larisa Tarkovskaya | ... |
Nadezha - Mother of twelve-year-old Alexei
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Tamara Ogorodnikova | ... |
Nanny /
Neighbour /
Strange woman at the tea table
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Yuri Sventisov | ... |
Yuri Zhary
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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | ... |
Aleksei
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Arseniy Tarkovskiy | ... |
Father
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E. Del Bosque | ... |
A Spaniard
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society. Written by <xaviermartin@hotmail.com>
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Country:
Soviet UnionRelease Date:
7 March 1975 (Soviet Union) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
RUR 622,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
MonoAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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The concept of The Mirror dates as far back as 1964. Over the years Tarkovsky wrote several screenplay variants, at times working with Aleksandr Misharin. Their mutually-developed script initially was not approved by the film committee of Goskino, and it was only after several years of waiting that Tarkovsky would be allowed to realize The Mirror. See more »Goofs
In the first scene, in which stutterer Yuri Zhary is being hypnotized, a shadow of the boom mic is prominently visible on the wall behind him. However, because this is clearly supposed to be a recreation of a TV broadcast, it appears to be a intentional error. See more »Quotes
Father: It seems to make me return to the place, poignantly dear to my heart, where my grandfathers house used to be in which i was born 40 years ago right on the dinner table. Each time i try to enter it, something prevents me from doing that. I see this dream again and again. And when i see those walls made of logs and the dark entrence, even in my dream i become aware that I'm only dreaming it. And the overwhelming joy is clouded by anticipation of awakening. At times something happens and i stop ...See more »
If you have experienced Mirror, and by experience I mean much more than just having watched it (the experience may take multiple viewings to achieve) then you will realise the futility of describing or reviewing this film much in the same way as the inadequacy of a second hand account of a mystical experience.
Tarkovsky was a mystic: although his religious beliefs are well known there is much less acknowledgement of his conception of God. For Tarkovsky God was everywhere and in everything, his (its) presence is felt in the rustling of leaves in the breeze, the burning of wood, the rain falling (and falling, and falling) on damp fields. Humans exist as a sea of melancholy within the infinite beauty and wonder of nature.
Mirror is the closest art has ever been to portraying the mystical experience of one spiritually sensitive individual. The second hand experience can never be as profound as that from your own being. But an odd and sad experience comes from watching Mirror, the belief that your own interpretation of the world will never be so deeply poetic or deep as Tarkovsky's, and the world you see on the cinema screen seems more vivid and alive than real life ever will.