Andrei Tarkovsky

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About Andrey Arsenevich Tarkovskiy

Writer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew
Born: April 4, 1932
Star sign: Aries
Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Known for: Solaris (1972), Andrei Rublev (1966), The Sacrifice (1986), The Mirror (1975)
Source: IMDB

The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei M. Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school V.G.I.K. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood (1962), which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. This...


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