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Andrei Rublev
available on DVD (39.95) and laserdisc ($69.95)
1966/205 minutes/Black and White/Color/In Russian with optional English subtitles/2.35:1
Immediately suppressed by the Soviets in 1966, Andrei Tarkovsky's epic masterpiece is a sweeping medieval tale of Russia's greatest icon painter. Too experimental, too frightening, too violent, and too politically complicated to be released officially, Andrei Rublev existed only in shortened, censored versions until the Criterion Collection created this complete 205-minute director's cut special edition, now available for the first time on DVD.
Special Features
  • The definitive 205-minute director's cut
  • Exclusive widescreen digital transfer
  • New English subtitles translating 40% more dialogue
  • Screen-specific audio essay by Harvard film professor Vlada Petricrctic
  • Rare film interviews with Andrei Tarkovsky, with a general essay on the filmmaker's work by Professor Petric
  • A timeline featuring key events in Russian history, plus the lives and works of Andrei Rublev and Tarkovsky
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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