TARKOVSKY’S SACRIFICE re-issued on dvd
Post date: Jul 10, 2013 12:51:1 PM
THE SACRIFICE (12) 1986 SWEDEN TARKOVSKY, AMDREI £15.99 Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film, which won a special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1986. On an isolated Swedish island Alexander (Erland Josephson), his wife, their children, her lover and various eccentric friends gather around a radio when nuclear war is announced. Alexander attempts to strike a deal with God and is willing to sacrifice everything, including his six-year-old son, in order to avert the war and mankind’s annihilation.
In Swedish with English subtitles
DVD available to buy at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/scandinavian-films-on-dvd