Andrei Tarkovsky
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Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and met
Tarkovsky on a Russian stamp
Monument to Andrei Tarkovsky at entrance of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Andrei and Larisa Tarkovsky's grave, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in France
Solaris (1972 film)
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Solaris is a 1972 Soviet science fiction film based on Stanisław Lem's 1961 novel of the same title. The film was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, and stars Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bo
Andrei Tarkovsky
…under filmmaker Mikhail Romm and subsequently directed his first five features in the Soviet Union: Ivan's Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), and Stalker (1979). After years of creative conflict with state film authorities, he left the country in 1979 and made his final…
Theatrical release poster
A detail of The Hunters in the Snow (1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a thematic reference
Solaris locale: Akasaka, Tokyo, the future city that space pilot Henri Berton traverses in his car