Andrei Rublev( 1966)

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In much wisdom there is much grief.

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An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

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Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Andrei Rublev
Ivan Lapikov
Kirill
Nikolay Grinko
Daniil Chornyy
Nikolai Sergeyev
Theophanus the Greek
Irma Raush
God's Fool
Nikolay Burlyaev
Boriska
Yuriy Nazarov
Grand Duke / Minor Duke
Yuriy Nikulin
Patrikey
Rolan Bykov
Buffoon
Nikolay Grabbe
Stepan, Centurion of the Grand Duke
Mikhail Kononov
Foma
Stepan Krylov
Senior Foundry Worker
Bolot Beyshenaliev
Tatar Khan
B. Matysik
Pyotr
Anatoliy Obukhov
Aleksey
Volodya Titov
Sergey
Nikolay Glazkov
Yefim
K. Aleksandrov
Semyon Bardin
Hut Owner
Ivan Bykov
G. Borisovskiy
Vladimir Vasilyev
Monk
Zinaida Vorkul
Mariya
Aleksandr Titov
Stepan, Foundryman
Viktor Volkov
Carver
Irina Miroshnichenko
Mariya Magdalina
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Jesus' Mother
Natalya Radolitskaya
Girl Bathing
Nikolay Kutuzov
Senior Hegumen
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
Old Master
Vladimir Guskov
Igor Donskoy
Jesus
Iskender Ryskulov
P. Makarov
Georgiy Sochevko
Grand Prince's Warrior
Nelli Snegina
Marfa
G. Pokorskiy
Asanbek Umuraliev
Tatarin
Vyacheslav Tsaryov
Andreyka
Ivan Turchenkov
Man in the Hut (uncredited
Anatoly Nikitin
Monk (uncredited)
P. Yermakov
Grand Prince's Warrior (uncredited)
Aleksandr Petrov
Foundry Worker (uncredited)
Nikolay Sibeikin
(uncredited)
Vasiliy Tsygankov
Peasant (uncredited)
Larisa Solonitsyna
(uncredited)
Anatoli Yabbarov
Monk (uncredited)
Klara Rumyanova
Duke's children (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 08 2022

Later canonised (in 1988!), this tells the story of the renowned Russian iconographist and fresco painter. His actual life, as you might expect from the early 15th century, is not well documented so Andrei Tarkovsky has, forgive the pun, a pretty blank canvas on which to draw us a portrait of the trials and tribulations of this inspired, misunderstood, suspected and troubled soul. It has an octuple, episodic, narrative that marries his own development as a man and an artist with the quite literally revolutionary goings on as his country is, frequently quite brutally, coming into some some sembl...