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Moscow Elegy
1987 6.2 (23 votes) 1h 28m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Leningrad Documentary Film Studio

Moscow Elegy (Московская элегия)

Overview

A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Tarkovsky in 1982, which would have been before his death. Controversy with Soviet authorities about the film's style and content led to significant delays in the production.

Key Crew

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Director of Photography: Aleksandr Burov

Writer: Aleksandr Sokurov

Top Cast

Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky

Self (archive footage)

Tonino Guerra
Tonino Guerra

Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov

Narrator (voice)

Sven Nykvist
Sven Nykvist

Self

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