Mirror

Mirror

1975•1h 47m•8.0/10

DramaHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(1K)

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

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Production

Mosfilm

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Margarita Terekhova

Margarita Terekhova

Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother

Ignat Daniltsev

Ignat Daniltsev

Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years Old

Larisa Tarkovskaya

Nadezha

Alla Demidova

Alla Demidova

Lisa

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Forensic Doctor

Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Printery Director

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table

Yuriy Nazarov

Yuriy Nazarov

Rifle Shooting Instructor

Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

The Father

Filipp Yankovsky

Filipp Yankovsky

Aleksei - 5 Years Old

Tatyana Reshetnikova

Tatyana Reshetnikova

Proofreader in Printing House

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

Arseny Tarkovsky

Arseny Tarkovsky

Narrator - His Own Poems (voice)

Mariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova

Old Mother

Yuri Sventikov

Asafiev - War Orphan

Olga Kizilova

Redheaded Girl

Ernesto del Bosque

Spanish Refugee

Luis Correcher

Spanish Refugee

Ángel Gutiérrez

Ángel Gutiérrez

Spanish Refugee

Dionisio García Zapico

Spanish Refugee

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