THE SACRIFICE
synopsis
Alexander, a journalist and former actor and philosopher, tells his little son how worried he is about the lack of spirituality of modern mankind. In the night of his birthday, the third world war breaks out. In his despair Alexander turns himself in a prayer to God, offering him everything to have the war not happen at all.
international title: | Sacrifice |
original title: | Offret |
country: | France, United Kingdom, Sweden |
year: | 1986 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andrei Tarkovsky |
film run: | 149' |
release date: | SE 09/05/1986, FR 12/05/1986, DK 16/05/1986, ES 10/1986, DE 08/01/1987, FI 16/01/1987, IT 29/05/1987, PT 09/10/1987, HU 10/03/1988, NL 28/01/1989, GR 08/11/2005, NO 29/01/2016, RU 01/05/2019 |
screenplay: | Andrei Tarkovsky |
cast: | Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall |
cinematography by: | Sven Nykvist |
film editing: | Michal Leszczylowski, Andrei Tarkovsky |
art director: | Anna Asp |
costumes designer: | Inger Pehrsson |
producer: | Anna-Lena Wibom |