Rent The Sacrifice (1986)
3.6 of 5 from 136 ratings
2h 22min
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- Synopsis:
- During the final hours before a nuclear war threatens to wipe out humanity, Alexander, surrounded by his family and friends as they descend into fear and turmoil, makes a deal with God: he will sacrifice all he holds dear to avoid the impending apocalypse. Tarkovsky's final film, 'The Sacrifice' is a visually breathtaking meditation on existential terror and a melancholic swansong from one of cinema's true auteurs.
- Actors:
- Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter, Valérie Mairesse, Filippa Franzén, Tommy Kjellqvist, Per Källman, Tommy Nordahl
- Directors:
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Producers:
- Anna-Lena Wibom
- Voiced By:
- Tintin Anderzon, Helena Brodin, Birgit Carlstén, Jane Friedmann, Martin Lindström, Jan-Olof Strandberg
- Writers:
- Andrey Tarkovskiy
- Others:
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Sven Nykvist, Anna-Lena Wibom
- Aka:
- Offret
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- 21 Reasons to Love... Ingmar Bergman, A History of Soviet Silent Cinema, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema
- Countries:
- Sweden
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/10/2016
- Run Time:
- 148 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, French LPCM Mono, Swedish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Video Essay 'Poetic Harmony'
- Audio Commentary with Author and Translator Layla Alexander-Garrett and James King from Curzon Artificial Eye
- Andrei Tarkovsky's Metaphysical Dream Zone: Selected Scene Commentary by Psychoanalyst Mary Wild
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features
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Reviews (1) of The Sacrifice
Tarkovskys darkest film - The Sacrifice review by Oli
I'll begin this by saying it's Tarkovskys darkest film I've seen, but also equally as beautiful as a film like The Mirror or Stalker, Solaris. We meet Alexander who is planting a tree and relaxing with his son, we then meet the postman called Otto who is a dear friend of Alexanders. What ensues is a lot of vast cinema, we hear hints from Alexanders family that he isn't okay in the head. Then Alexander receives a gift that's mailed to him, we hear hints about his life as an actor etc. we then hear the first mentions of the word Sacrifice and how the gift acts as a sacrifice.
What follows is all out nuclear war and there is a lot of drama where I think the film lost it's touch really, but it does regain it towards the end and some of the final scenes are up there with anything Tarkovskys ever done, so all in all it's certainly worth a watch. If you're going to though I'd recommend you'd watch Solaris/Stalker first, then Mirror, Andrei Rublev, Ivans Childhood and then this one and Nostalgia just to get a general idea of his filmmaking approaches etc.
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