Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 183 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Russian — subtitles on.
The story
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
- rape
- christianity
- monk
- artist
- cathedral
- crucifixion
- famine
- painter
- icon
- biography
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Andrei Rublev
Ivan Lapikov
Kirill
Mykola Hrynko
Daniil Chornyy
Nikolai Sergeyev
Theophanus the Greek
- Irma Raush — God's Fool
- Nikolay Burlyaev — Boriska
- Yuriy Nazarov — Grand Duke / Minor Duke
- Yuriy Nikulin — Patrikey
- Rolan Bykov — Buffoon
- Nikolay Grabbe — Stepan, Centurion of the Grand Duke
- Mikhail Kononov — Foma
- Stepan Krylov — Senior Foundry Worker
- Bolot Beyshenaliev — Tatar Khan
- B. Matysik — Pyotr
- Anatoliy Obukhov — Aleksey
- Directed
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Written
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky
Production
- Studio
- Mosfilm
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