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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304574652
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304574657
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Release Date: June 27, 2000
Running Time: 149 minutes
Sales Rank: 37420
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1986-11
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Intense, snails pace, deep, preachy, quiet.
Very, very, very, very, very s l o w. Beautiful photography. I feel I will get ripped apart by describing this movie as tedious, extremely tedious, insightful and at times brilliant. But, as a famous poet wrote, and this movie seems to make the point that, the world will go out with a whimper not a bang. This movie makes a good arguement for that theory. Enjoy!
Rating:  - A rich creation of auteur cinema at its most thought-provoking, but with an elegant, very coherent close that will appeal to all
OFFRET ("The Sacrifice", 1986) was Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's last film, and the second produced in exile. As a tribute to fellow filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, Tarkovsky choose to work with a Swedish-language script, bring onboard Bergman's renowned cinematographer Sven Nykvist, and give Swedish actor and Bergman favourite Erland Josephsson the lead role.
The setup of the movie is fairly simple: the former thespian and university lecturer Alexander has withdrawn to a Swedish island, ... Read More
Rating: - Tone poem superb!
Hey, where was Bergman during the shooting of this? It's a peculiar film that way. It's made in Sweden, the main actor is one of Bergman's primary actors of the time, the cinematographer is Bergman's favored cinematographer, and where's the location? Bergman's island? While watching the film I kept wondering if Ingmar had something to do with it somewhere. It might work as an homage to Bergman's style, and there are some strong similarities that come to mind with Bergman's "Through a Glass Darkly"--the ... Read More
Rating: - Swan song
Tarkovsky's relatively early death robbed us of one of our greatest film makers. "The Sacrifice" was his final film, directed after Tarkovsky had been diagnosed with what he knew was his final illness. In the film, which he originally planned to entitle "The Witch," Tarkovsky clearly wants both to help himself make sense of the ending he's personally facing, and to invite viewers to think about the existential issues raised by mortality in general.
The film's plot is simply told, although ... Read More
Rating: - A haunting final sacrifice
Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Sacrifice" is a quietly philosophical masterpiece. It's about the end of the world, but don't expect massive explosions and asteroids headed to the earth. Alexander (Erland Josephson) is an atheist in an unhappy marriage with his younger wife Adelaide (Susan Fleetwood) Adelaide is carrying on an affair with his doctor. He has a bored teenaged daughter,as well as a very young son he calls "Little Man" and "Word." Alexander wonders about the purpose of life; he has lost faith. When ... Read More
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