Andrei Rublev
Andrei Tarkovsky · 1966
Andrei Rublev (1966) is a Soviet arthouse film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, loosely based on the life of a 15th-century Russian icon painter. Shot in black and white by Vadim Yusov, with a sparse score by Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, it unfolds across seven episodic chapters set against the chaos of medieval Rus’. Anatoly Solonitsyn plays Rublev as a man whose vocation is tested by violence, doubt, and self-imposed silence. The film culminates in a colour epilogue showing Rublev’s surviving icons — most notably The Trinity — affirming art’s endurance beyond its maker. Censored on release, it is now regarded as a landmark of cinematic philosophy.
