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Andrei Tarkovsky
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 54
Also known asAndrey Arsenyevich Tarkovsky, Andrey A. Tarkovsky, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, А. Тарковский, Andrey TarkovskiyGenderMaleNationalitySoviet UnionBorn04/04/1932Born inZavrazhye, USSRDied29/12/1986 (aged 54)Died inParisCauselung cancerWikidataQ853 ↗Buried atSainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian CemeteryTMDb#8452 ↗

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pacing and long takes, dreamlike visual imagery and preoccupation with nature and memory.

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Filmography14 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024DaedalusMovieSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)92
2021Morceaux de CannesMovie—89
2019Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema PrayerMovieSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)87
2016Legends of CinemaSeriesSelf (archive footage)84
2012Let Me SeeMovieSelf80
2008Meeting Andrei TarkovskyMovieSelf (archive footage)76
1999Andrei Tarkovsky: Poetry and TruthMovieHimself (archive footage)67
1999One Day in the Life of Andrei ArsenevichMovieSelf67
1990Building Images: Anna Asp on ScenographyMovieSelf58
1988LightingMovieSelf56
1987IslandsMovieHimself (archive footage)55
1984Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the CinemaMovieHimself52
1967Schwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweißhuhnrothuhnweiß oder put-puttMoviesniper35
1959There Will Be No Leave TodayMovieMilitary engineer27