Mirror 1975

Release date

03/07/1975

Directors

Andrei Tarkovsky, Yuriy Kushneryov

Writers

Aleksandr Misharin, Andrei Tarkovsky

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.

dreams wind poetry world war ii cigarette field spanish civil war (1936-39) nostalgia forest terminal illness flashback dying man avant-garde illness childhood post world war ii dream sequence newsreel footage reflection poetry recitation russian history historical drama memoirs 1940s 1960s non-narrative somber self reflection 1930s portrait of an artist dreamlike russia soviet union history memories stream of consciousness existentialist 20th century experimental film pre war soviet union russian poetry nonlinear narrative voice-over nostalgic memory biographical drama the great patriotic war dying poet