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Mirror is the celebrated Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s most autobiographical work in which he reflects upon his own childhood and the destiny of the Russian people. The film’s many layers intertwine real life and family relationships – Tarkovsky’s father, the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reads his own poems on the soundtrack and Tarkovsky’s mother appears as herself – with memories of childhood, dreams and nightmares. From the opening sequence of a boy being cured of a stammer by hypnotism, to a scene in a printing works which encapsulates the Stalinist era, Mirror has an extraordinary resonance and repays countless viewings.
Original Release
03/07/1975
US Release
11/11/1975
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Margarita Terekhova | Maroussia - the Mother / Natalya |
Oleg Yankovskiy | The Father |
Filipp Yankovskiy | Aleksei - Five Years Old |
Ignat Daniltsev | Aleksei - twelve years old / Ignat |
Nikolay Grinko | Printery Director |
Alla Demidova | Lisa |
Yuriy Nazarov | Military trainer / Rifle Shooting Instructor |
Anatoliy Solonitsyn | Forensic doctor |
Larisa Tarkovskaya | Nadezha - Mother of twelve-year-old Alexei |
Tamara Ogorodnikova | Strange woman at the tea table / Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table |
Directors
Writers
Arseniy Tarkovskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Misharin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margarita Terekhova | Maroussia - the Mother / Natalya |
Oleg Yankovskiy | The Father |
Filipp Yankovskiy | Aleksei - Five Years Old |
Ignat Daniltsev | Aleksei - twelve years old / Ignat |
Nikolay Grinko | Printery Director |
Alla Demidova | Lisa |
Yuriy Nazarov | Military trainer / Rifle Shooting Instructor |
Anatoliy Solonitsyn | Forensic doctor |
Larisa Tarkovskaya | Nadezha - Mother of twelve-year-old Alexei |
Tamara Ogorodnikova | Strange woman at the tea table / Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table |
Yuri Sventisov | Yuri Zhary |
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | Aleksei |
E. Del Bosque | A Spaniard |
Ángel Gutiérrez | A Spaniard / Spanish Refugee |
Tatiana Del Bosque | A Spaniard / Spanish Refugee Twin |
Teresa Del Bosque | A Spaniard / Spanish Refugee Twin |
L. Correcer | A Spaniard |
Diego García | A Spaniard |
Teresa Rames | A Spaniard |
Olga Kizilova | Red-head / Redheaded Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Erik Waisberg | Producer |