Mirror

Synopsis

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

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Cast

Margarita Terekhova

Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother

Ignat Daniltsev

Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old

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Larisa Tarkovskaya

Nadezha

Alla Demidova

Lisa

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Forensic Doctor

Mykola Hrynko

Printery Director

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table

Yuriy Nazarov

Rifle Shooting Instructor

Oleg Yankovskiy

The Father

Filipp Yankovsky

Aleksei - 5 Years Old

Tatyana Reshetnikova

Proofreader in Printing House

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

Arseny Tarkovsky

Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)

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Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova

Old Mother

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Yuri Sventikov

Asafiev - War Orphan

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Olga Kizilova

Redheaded Girl

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Ernesto del Bosque

Spanish Refugee

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Luis Correcher

Spanish Refugee

Ángel Gutiérrez

Spanish Refugee

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Dionisio García Zapico

Spanish Refugee

Crew

Art

• Nikolay Dvigubskiy Production Design
• A. Merkulov Set Decoration

Camera

• Georgi Rerberg Director of Photography
• Anatoliy Nikolayev Camera Operator
• Igor Shtanko Camera Operator
• Vladimir Ivanov Assistant Camera
• Vadim Murashko Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Nelli Fomina Costume Design
• Vera Rudina Makeup Artist

Crew

• Arseny Tarkovsky Poem

Directing

• Andrei Tarkovsky Director
• Yuriy Kushneryov Assistant Director
• Larisa Tarkovskaya First Assistant Director
• Mariya Chugunova First Assistant Director
• Valeriy Kharchenko First Assistant Director

Editing

• Lyudmila Feiginova Editor

Lighting

• V. Gusev Lighting Director

Production

• Erik Waisberg Executive Producer

Sound

• Eduard Artemyev Original Music Composer
• Semyon Litvinov Sound Director
• Johann Sebastian Bach Music
• Henry Purcell Music
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Music

Visual Effects

• Yuri Potapov VFX Director of Photography

Writing

• Aleksandr Misharin Writer
• Andrei Tarkovsky Writer
• Ninel Boyarova Script Editor
• L. Lazarev Script Editor

Photos