The Sacrifice

Selected by the Cinematographers Branch. 

Selected by the Cinematographers Branch.

The final film from master Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is a solemn, visually elegant look at one family confronting the possible end of civilization. The international cast is led by Ingmar Bergman regular Erland Josephson, and Bergman’s cinematographer, two-time Oscar winner Sven Nykvist (Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander), supplied the haunting imagery, including an astounding long take at the film’s finale.

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Andrei Tarkovsky. WITH: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún S. Gísladóttir. 1986. 149 min. Sweden/France/UK. Color. Swedish, Icelandic. Rated PG. 4K DCP.

This program is made possible by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology.


Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

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