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The Sacrifice is a 1986 drama film directed and written by Andrei Tarkovsky. The cast includes Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, and Sven Wollter. Production was handled by Faragó Film and Svenska Filminstitutet, with distribution by Sandrew Metronome and Netflix. The film is set in Sweden during the 1980s and features music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Its narrative explores themes of World War III, religiosity, and sacrifice.
The film has a runtime of 149 minutes and was released in 1986. It received the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix and the Guldbagge Award for Best Film. Critical reception includes an IMDb rating of 7.8, a Metascore of 85, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88%. The work is rated PG and is described as the final film of Andrei Tarkovsky.
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Film · TMDB
7.7Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Cast
- Erland Josephson as Alexander
- Susan Fleetwood as Adelaide
- Allan Edwall as Otto
- Guðrún Gísladóttir as Maria
- Sven Wollter as Victor
- Valérie Mairesse as Julia
Themes
- nuclear war
- philosopher
- world war iii
- philosophical
- reflective
- father son relationship
- enchant
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
34,672 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
85/100
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 149 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award9 wins & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Swedish
- Offret
- Directed by
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Written by
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Produced by
- Anna-Lena Wibom
- Starring
- Erland Josephson , Susan Fleetwood , Allan Edwall , Guðrún S. Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter , Valérie Mairesse , Filippa Franzen, Tommy Kjellqvist
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Edited by
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Michal Leszczylowski
- Music by
- Johann Sebastian Bach , Watazumido-Shuso
- Distributed by
- Sandrew
- Release dates
- 9 May 1986 ( 1986-05-09 ) (Sweden) 14 May 1986 ( 1986-05-14 ) (France) 9 January 1987 ( 1987-01-09 ) (London)
- Running time
- 142 minutes
- Countries
- Sweden United Kingdom France
- Languages
- Swedish, English, French
- Box office
- $300,653 (USA)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sacrifice (Swedish: Offret) is a 1986 drama film written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring Erland Josephson, the film was produced by the Swedish Film Institute. Many of the crew were alumni of Ingmar Bergman's films, including cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The Sacrifice centers on a middle-aged intellectual who attempts to bargain with God to stop an impending nuclear holocaust. The film combines pagan and Christian religious themes; Tarkovsky called it a "parable".
The Sacrifice was Tarkovsky's third film as a Soviet expatriate, after Nostalghia and the documentary Voyage in Time, and he died shortly after its completion. He was diagnosed with cancer after filming concluded, and by 1986, was unable to attend its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival due to his illness. Like 1972's Solaris by Tarkovsky, The Sacrifice also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes.
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