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As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson, Cries and Whispers), news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island — and the happy mood turns to horror. The family descends into a state of psychological devastation, brilliantly evoked by Tarkovsky's arresting palette of luminous greys washing over the bleak landscape around their home. (The film's masterful cinematography is by Sven Nykvist, Ingmar Bergman's longtime collaborator).
For Alexander, a philosopher troubled about man's lack of spirituality, the prospect of certain extinction compels the ultimate sacrifice, and he enters into a Faustian bargain with God to save his loved ones from the fear which grips them. The director's last film, made as he was dying of cancer, The Sacrifice is Tarkovsky's personal statement, a profoundly moving, redemptive tragedy steeped in unforgettable imagery and heart-wrenching emotion.
Original Release
05/09/1986
US Release
01/27/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Erland Josephson | Alexander |
Susan Fleetwood | Adelaide |
Allan Edwall | Otto |
Guðrún Gísladóttir | Maria |
Sven Wollter | Victor |
Valerie Mairesse | Julia |
Filippa Franzén | Marta |
Tommy Kjellqvist | Gossen / Little Man |
Per Källman | Ambulansförare / Ambulance Driver |
Tommy Nordahl | Ambulansförare / Ambulance Driver |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Erland Josephson | Alexander |
Susan Fleetwood | Adelaide |
Allan Edwall | Otto |
Guðrún Gísladóttir | Maria |
Sven Wollter | Victor |
Valerie Mairesse | Julia |
Filippa Franzén | Marta |
Tommy Kjellqvist | Gossen / Little Man |
Per Källman | Ambulansförare / Ambulance Driver |
Tommy Nordahl | Ambulansförare / Ambulance Driver |
Tintin Anderzon | (voice) / (voice) (as Tintin Andersson) |
Helena Brodin | (voice) |
Birgit Carlstén | (voice) |
Jane Friedmann | (voice) |
Jan-Olof Strandberg | (voice) |
Susanna Voutila | (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anna-Lena Wibom | Producer |