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Synopsis
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.
Title | Mirror |
Companies | Mosfilm |
Countries | Soviet Union |
Keywords | dreams, wind, poetry, world war ii, cigarette, field, spanish civil war (1936-39), nostalgia, forest, terminal illness, flashback, dying man, avant-garde, illness, childhood, post world war ii, dream sequence, newsreel footage, nostalgic, reflection, poetry recitation, russian history, sepia color, historical drama, memoirs, 1940s, 1960s, non-narrative, somber, self reflection, 1930s, reflective, portrait of an artist, dreamlike, russia, soviet union history, memories, stream of consciousness, existentialist, 20th century, experimental film, pre war soviet union, russian poetry, nonlinear narrative, voice-over, nostalgic memory, biographical drama, the great patriotic war, dying poet |

Margarita Terekhova
Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Ignat Daniltsev
Ignat / Alexei - 12 Years OldLarisa Tarkovskaya
Nadezha - Mother of 12-Year-Old Alexei
Alla Demidova
Lisa
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Forensic Doctor
Nikolay Grinko
Printery Director
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Nanny / Neighbour / Strange Woman at Tea Table
Yuriy Nazarov
Rifle Shooting Instructor
Oleg Yankovskiy
The Father
Filipp Yankovsky
Aleksei - 5 Years OldYuri Sventikov
Asafiev - War Orphan
Tatyana Reshetnikova
Proofreader in Printing HouseMariya Tarkovskaya-Vishnyakova
Old MotherOlga Kizilova
Redheaded GirlErnesto del Bosque
Spanish RefugeeLuis Correcher
Spanish Refugee
Ángel Gutiérrez
Spanish RefugeeDionisio García Zapico
Spanish RefugeeTomas Pamies
Spanish RefugeeTeresa Del Bosque
Spanish Refugee TwinTatiana Del Bosque
Spanish Refugee Twin
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)