Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $124K worldwide against a $825K budget
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Setting
Set in the Soviet Union
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Music
Music by Eduard Artemyev
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Georgy Rerberg
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Aleksandr MisharinWriter
- Andrei TarkovskyWriter
- Original title
- Зеркало
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 7, 1975
- Original language
- Russian
- Budget
- $825K
- Revenue
- $124.4K
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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In the United States
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Cast
Margarita TerekhovaNatalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat DaniltsevIgnat / Alexei - 12 Years Old- Larisa TarkovskayaNadezha
Alla DemidovaLisa
Anatoliy SolonitsynForensic Doctor
Mykola HrynkoPrintery Director
Tamara OgorodnikovaNanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy NazarovRifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg YankovskiyThe Father
Filipp YankovskyAleksei - 5 Years Old
Tatyana ReshetnikovaProofreader in Printing House
Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyNarrator - The Author's Words (voice)
Arseny TarkovskyNarrator - His Own Poems (voice)- Mariya Tarkovskaya-VishnyakovaOld Mother
- Yuri SventikovAsafiev - War Orphan
- Olga KizilovaRedheaded Girl
- Ernesto del BosqueSpanish Refugee
- Luis CorrecherSpanish Refugee
Ángel GutiérrezSpanish Refugee- Dionisio García ZapicoSpanish Refugee
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