Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich 1932-1986

Soli︠a︡ris Solaris by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Visual )
116 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 1,332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris, terrified crew members are experiencing a host of strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem all too human

Andreĭ Rubli︠o︡v strasti po Andrei︠u︡ = Andrei Rublev : the passion according to Andrei by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Visual )
73 editions published between 1964 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The perennial question of "artist versus authority", if the loneliness of a genius and his ability to rise above the crowd, the problems of faith and faithlessness are examined through the prism of a life story of the great Russian icon painter Andrei Rublyou. Summary from container insert

Stalker by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Visual )
131 editions published between 1979 and 2014 in 10 languages and held by 1,158 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stark, eerie, cerebral story of the title character, Stalker, who guides intellectuals, Writer and Scientist, through the "Zone," a mysterious, forbidden wasteland

Sculpting in time : reflections on the cinema by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Book )
44 editions published between 1986 and 2012 in English and held by 844 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The great Russian filmmaker discusses his art"--Cover

Ernest Hemingway's The killers ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 683 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Melodramatic thrillers based on the Hemingway story about two hit men and their target, who accepts his fate as though he were already dead

Ivanovo detstvo by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1962 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A 12-year orphan boy works for the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, undertaking dangerous reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines

Boris Godunov by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1990 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 571 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Registratie van een uitvoering van de bewerking door David Lloyd-Jones in het Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, april 1990

Nostalghia by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Visual )
56 editions published between 1983 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 552 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A misanthropic poet, Gorchakov is an expatriate in Italy who is researching the life of an exiled Russian composer who committed suicide. Gorchakov finds himself crippled by a melancholy nostalgia for his Russian homeland and memories of his wife and children. At St. Catherine's pool, a sacred site near a Tuscan village, Gorchakov encounters local mystic and pariah, Domenico, who offers Gorchakov a glimpse of redemption through his belief that if one can travel across the pool with a lit candle, one can save all of humanity."-- Container

Offret Sacrificatio = The sacrifice ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in Swedish and English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A dark and complex drama about redemption and the nuclear holocaust. When a middle aged intellectual in retirement on an island in the Baltic Sea witnesses signs of what he believes to be a nuclear holocaust, he offers to make the ultimate sacrifice in return for the salvation of mankind."--External container

The mirror by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ ( Visual )
44 editions published between 1974 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tarkovsky's looking glass is not merely cracked but shattered and we see the jagged, jumbled reflections of its shards, images of Tarkowsky's childhood mixed with fragments of his adult life-all intermingled with slow-motion dream sequences and poetic chunks of stark newsreels