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Moscow Elegy is a film of genre Documentary directed by Alexandre Sokourov with Andreï Tarkovski

Moscow Elegy (1987)

Moscow Elegy
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Length 1h28
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Rating72% 3.602743.602743.602743.602743.60274

Moscow Elegy (Russian: Московская элегия) is a 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Tarkovsky in 1982, which would have been before his death. Controversy with Soviet authorities about the film's style and content led to significant delays in the production.

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Une impression subjective de la personnalité et du destin du grand artiste Alexandre Tarkovski. La tentative de créer une intonation particulière en mémoire du cinéaste. Ce qu’il laissa dans sa patrie et ce qui survint à l’Ouest, où il fut contraint de travailler.

Actors

Andreï Tarkovski

(Self (archive footage))Tonino Guerra

(Self (archive footage))Alexandre Sokourov

(Narrator (voice))Sven Nykvist

(Self)
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