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The sacrifice /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: Swedish Subtitle language: English Distributor: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2018]Copyright date: ©1988Description: 2 videodiscs (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
disc 1 (Blu-ray). The sacrifice (146 min.) ; Audio commentary by Layla Alexander-Garrett, Tarkovsky's translator on the set of The Sacrifice ; interview with Michał Leszczyłowski, co-editor of The Sacrifice and director of "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky" -- disc 2 (DVD). "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky," a documentary on the making of "The sacrifice" (102 min.) ; trailers.
Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Sven Nykvist. Editors, Andrei Tarkovsky, Michał Leszczyłkowski.
Cast: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter.Summary: As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander, news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island and the happy mood turns to horror. The family descends into a state of psychological devastation, brilliantly evoked by director Tarkovsky's arresting palette of luminous grays washing over the bleak landscape around their home.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00289 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050306648

1.66:1 aspect ratio.

Originally released as motion picture in 1986.

Title from container.

Special features: Booklet with excerpts from Andrei Tarkovsky's diary, plus essay by Tarkovsky biographer, Robert Bird; audio commentary by Layla Alexander-Garrett, Tarkovsky's translator on the set of The Sacrifice; interview with Michał Leszczyłowski, co-editor of The Sacrifice and director of "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky"; "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky" (102 min.) a documentary on the making of "The sacrifice"; trailers.

Packaged as: a Blu-ray film, a narrative booklet, and a DVD documentary.

Sources used: videodisc container; Amazon WWW site, viewed January 19, 2022; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed January 19, 2022.

disc 1 (Blu-ray). The sacrifice (146 min.) ; Audio commentary by Layla Alexander-Garrett, Tarkovsky's translator on the set of The Sacrifice ; interview with Michał Leszczyłowski, co-editor of The Sacrifice and director of "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky" -- disc 2 (DVD). "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky," a documentary on the making of "The sacrifice" (102 min.) ; trailers.

Blu-ray, region A; 2.0 mono audio.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; 2.0 mono audio.

In Swedish, with optional subtitles in English.

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