Andrei Tarkovsky Films

Tarkovsky died in 1986 at the age of just 54. His seven feature films, commencing with Ivan’s Childhood in 1962, form one of the greatest and most individual bodies of work in cinema.

Whether nominally making films in the areas of war, medieval history, science fiction or autobigraphical reflection, his work completely transcends genre... show more >

Tarkovsky died in 1986 at the age of just 54. His seven feature films, commencing with Ivan’s Childhood in 1962, form one of the greatest and most individual bodies of work in cinema.

Whether nominally making films in the areas of war, medieval history, science fiction or autobigraphical reflection, his work completely transcends genres. He was one of cinema’s true visionaries and throughout his films, his commitment to the poetry of cinema, to faith and to human transcendence, shines through.

The director’s serious moral concerns and probing scrutiny of spiritual malaise have inevitably prompted comparisons with Ingmar Bergman, an admirer who proclaimed him to be ‘the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream’.

These are films to live with and reflect upon, profound and sometimes magical sources of inspiration and consolation, not reducible to easy formulas. < show less