Andrei Tarkovskin mestariteos kertoo ikonimaalari, munkki Andrei Rublevin elämästä 1400-luvun Venäjällä. Sekasortoinen maa on jatkuvien mongolihyökkäysten kohteena, ja etuoikeuksiaan puolustavat ruhtinaat levittävät eripuraa kansan pariin. Matkallaan Venäjän halki Andrei Rublev kohtaa epäluuloja ja saa vastaansa valtaa pitävien vihan. Yksinäisen taiteilijan on kuitenkin luotettava omaan näkemykseensä, kamppailtava uskonsa puolesta ja noustava yksilönä suurten joukkojen yläpuolelle.
Andrei Tarkovskin mestariteoksessa ohjaajan omat lapsuudenmuistot kietoutuvat uniin, historiallisiin dokumentteihin ja hänen sen aikaiseen nykyhetkeensä muodostaen poeettisen ja eteerisen kokonaisuuden, jossa ajan merkitys lakkaa.
Elokuva kertoo Italiaan saapuvasta venäläisestä historiantutkijasta ja runoilijasta, Andrei Gortchakovista (Oleg Jankovski), jonka on tarkoitus kirjoittaa kirja eräästä ammoin maahan muuttaneesta venäläisestä säveltäjästä. Koti-ikävästä poteva ohjaajan alter ego kohtaa matkoillaan kylähullun nimeltä Domenico (Erland Josephson), joka ennustaa maailmanloppua.
Pitkä, synkkätunnelmainen ja lyijynraskas taide-elokuva on samalla myös mestarillisen ohjaajansa jäähyväisteos. Hän kuoli pian saatuaan elokuvan jälkityöt päätökseen.
After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change as they age.
A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.
Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an effort to explain the series' significance.
Seven year old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a steamroller in their upscale Moscow neighborhood.
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.
A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the trap, he finds an unexpected solution through a prostitute.
If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So four young girls from New Jersey set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach their idols.
Irene Wagner, the wife of the prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner, had been having an affair with Erich Baumann. She does not disclose this to her husband, hoping to preserve his innocence and their "perfect marriage". This fills her with anxiety and guilt. However, Johanna Schultze, Erich's jealous ex-girlfriend, learns about the affair and begins to blackmail Irene, turning Irene's psychological torture into a harsh reality.
During an orgy, Some old and wealthy notables are being murdered by a small group of leftist young revolutionaries. Very soon the police are tracking down Virgile Cabral, the leader of the group. Meanwhile, Virgile's brother and only relative, Vincent, a violinist (and a thief), comes back to Paris. They have not seen each other for three years. Vincent does not believe in the revolution. He only tries to live as he wishes to live. But by looking for his hunted down brother, he has no other choice than to be involved in a fight that is not his.
The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography.
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.