A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Cast
Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Nadezha
Alla Demidova
Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Forensic Doctor
Mykola Hrynko
Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
Aleksei - 5 Years Old
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Proofreader in Printing House
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Arseny Tarkovsky
Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)
Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
Old Mother
Yuri Sventikov
Asafiev - War Orphan
Olga Kizilova
Redheaded Girl
Ernesto del Bosque
Spanish Refugee
Luis Correcher
Spanish Refugee
Ángel Gutiérrez
Spanish Refugee
Dionisio García Zapico
Spanish Refugee
Tomas Pamies
Spanish Refugee
Teresa Del Bosque
Spanish Refugee Twin
Tatiana Del Bosque
Spanish Refugee Twin
Crew
Arseny Tarkovsky
Poem
Andrei Tarkovsky
Director, Writer
Aleksandr Misharin
Writer
Ninel Boyarova
Script Editor
L. Lazarev
Script Editor
Lyudmila Feiginova
Editor
Georgi Rerberg
Director of Photography
Larisa Tarkovskaya
First Assistant Director
Mariya Chugunova
First Assistant Director
Valeriy Kharchenko
First Assistant Director
Yuriy Kushneryov
Assistant Director
Erik Waisberg
Executive Producer
Nikolay Dvigubskiy
Production Design
Anatoliy Nikolayev
Camera Operator
Igor Shtanko
Camera Operator
Vladimir Ivanov
Assistant Camera
Nelli Fomina
Costume Design
Vera Rudina
Makeup Artist
Semyon Litvinov
Sound Director
V. Gusev
Lighting Director
Yuri Potapov
VFX Director of Photography
Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Henry Purcell
Music
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Music
A. Merkulov
Set Decoration
Vadim Murashko
Still Photographer
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