Directed by:
Andrei Arsenyevich TarkovskyScreenplay:
Andrei Arsenyevich TarkovskyCinematography:
Sven NykvistCast:
Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter, Valérie Mairesse, Filippa Franzén, Tommy Kjellqvist, Per Källman (more)Plots(1)
Andrei Tarkovsky writes and directs this Swedish drama starring Erland Josephson. On an isolated Swedish island Alexander (Josephson), his wife Adelaide (Susan Fleetwood), their two children, and various eccentric friends gather around a radio to hear the impending announcement of nuclear war. Alexander attempts to strike a deal with God and is willing to sacrifice everything, including his six-year-old son Gossen (Tommy Kjellqvist), in order to avert the war and mankind's annihilation. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Erland Josephson
Sweden
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Ox (1991)
Susan Fleetwood
UK
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Allan Edwall
Sweden
Best movies:
Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
You're Out of Your Mind, Mardie (1979)
Guðrún Gísladóttir
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Devil's Island (1996)
The Juniper Tree (1990)
Sven Wollter
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
A Song for Martin (2001)
Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001)
Valérie Mairesse
France
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
The French Detective (1975)
Filippa Franzén
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Tommy Kjellqvist
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Per Källman
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Tommy Nordahl
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Tintin Anderzon
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Before the Storm (2000)
Tic Tac (1997)
Birgit Carlstén
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Burn All My Letters (2022)
Jane Friedmann
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
The Prompter (1999)
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Faithless (2000)
Helena Brodin
Sweden
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
Hugo and Josefin (1967)
Mio min Mio (1987)
Martin Lindström
Best movies:
The Sacrifice (1986)
False as Water (1985)