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Please also refer to our DVD Recommendations page.
Note that we do, as a matter of policy, not make specific recommendations as to where to purchase any item
appearing on Nostalghia.com. We suggest trying the standard procurement channels;
eBay may be found useful in the case of OOP items. —Nostalghia.com Editors
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Sacrificio (Offret)
Spain
Cameo, 2006
Region 2, PAL
This is probably the ultimate collector's edition.
Box art.
Full details here.
See also our June 6, 2006 news update.
Main feature based on the recent SFI transfer
(cf. our February 6, 2004 news update).
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The Sacrifice
Sweden
The Swedish Film Institute, 2004
Region 2, PAL
See our February 6, 2004 news update.
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Offret
Czech Republic
Zona-Aerofilms, 2008
Region 0, PAL
Full details here.
[ rear ]
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The Sacrifice
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
<more info coming soon>
[ back ]
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The Sacrifice
U.S.A.
Kino on Video
Region 1, NTSC
Also includes
Michal Leszczylowski's documentary feature,
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The transfer of
Sacrifice is less than vibrant.
Notice also faux pas on cover: "Tarkosvky".
See our analysis/comparison.
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The Sacrifice
The Netherlands
Moskwood, 2004
Region 2, PAL
Is this disc based on the 2004 SFI master? We do not know, as we were never sent a screener.
A reader writes: "The aspect ratio is (almost) correct (1:1,80) and the image quality seems fine to my, thoug maybe a little grainy. the sound is Dolby 2.0. It has dutch and English subtitles (optional) and there is an extra disc with the documentary Directed by Andrei Tarkovski and some other extras."
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The Sacrifice
Russia
ART
Region 5, PAL
May 2004. No English subs. Unlike the new SFI edition, not a new transfer.
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Boris Godunov
Philips/Decca DVD 075 089-9
All regions, NTSC
Tarkovsky's acclaimed production of Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov, first produced at the Royal
Opera House Covent Garden in 1984 and recorded with the Kirov Opera under their conductor Valery Gergiev.
2 DVD set. This production has previously only been available on (now out of print) Laserdisks and VHS video tapes.
See
note on Tarkovsky by Irina Brown | our
Boris Godunov page
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Nostalghia
U.S.A.
Fox Lorber
Region 1, NTSC
The transfer used is identical to the one used
by Criterion on their earlier Laserdisc. Non anamorphic.
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Nostalghia
Korea
Region 3, NTSC
[ rear ]
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Nostalghia
Russia
RusCiCo
Region 5, PAL
Region 5. No English subtitles. DD5.1 upmix. No mono soundtrack.
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Nostalghia
Brazil
Region 0, PAL
English, Spanish and Portugese subtitles.
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Nostalghia
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
English, Spanish and Portugese subtitles.
[ back ]
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Nostalghia
China
Region 0, NTSC
Possible bootleg of above.
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Nostalghia
Japan
Pioneer LDC
Region 2, NTSC
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Nostalgia
United Kingdom
Artificial Eye, 2003
Region 2, PAL
Includes Tarkovsky's Tempo di viaggio and Donatella Baglivo's
documentary from the set of Nostalghia. A two-DVD set. The
disc set has several serious flaws, see
our DVD Recommendations page.
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Stalker
U.S.A.
RusCiCo, 2002
Region 1, NTSC
Includes:
Photographs and filmographies of the cast and crew members. Photo album.
Interview with A. Knyazhinsky (DP). Interview with
production designer R. Safiullin. Excerpt from
The Streamroller and the Violin.
Documentary about Tarkovsky's house.
[ version with the title in Russian ]
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Stalker
The Netherlands
Moskwood (RusCiCo, 2002)
Region 2, PAL
Lists a DD5.1 soundtrack only.
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Stalker
China
RusCiCo, 2002
Region 3, NTSC
2-disk set. RusCiCo informs us that this set is a bootleg.
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Stalker
U.S.A.
Image Entertainment, 2002
Region 1, NTSC
Transfer by RusCiCo. 2-disk set.
Mono soundtrack + 5.1 remix.
Regarding the mono track: during the scene in which the men
climb aboard
the rail car and shots are fired at them, hitting the water directly in front
of them, the gunshots make no sound. During this brief second-and-a-half or
so the sound completely drops out. The defect also appears on the PAL (AE) version (below).
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Stalker
United Kingdom
Artificial Eye, 2002
Region 0, PAL
155 min. Transfer by RusCiCo. 2-disk set.
Original Mono soundtrack + New 5.1 remix. See note regarding mono track (above).
[ rear ]
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Stalker
Czech Republic
Zona-Aerofilms, 2006
Region 0, PAL
Based on materials supplied by RusCiCo.
More details here.
Essentially identical to the other releases (AE, etc.),
but with newly translated Czech subtitles for the film, interviews, filmographies, and all other bonus materials. All three previously known Czech subtitle versions for Stalker were found deficient in some way or another, and a true Tarkovsky connoisseur (Michal Petricek) —as opposed to a professional translator—was therefore tasked with creating new subtitles which more accurately reflect the sense of what Tarkovsky tried to get across. We are told that the end result is rather stellar...
[ rear cover ]
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Stalker
Russia
Lizard
Region 5, SECAM
[ rear ]
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Stalker
Japan
IVC
Region 2, NTSC
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Stalker
Korea
RusCiCo, 2002
Region 3, NTSC
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Stalker
Germany
Icestorm Entertainment
Region 2, PAL
154 minutes. Contains no Russian-language soundtrack.
DVD is mastered from restored DEFA prints and contains only German dubbed dialogue produced by DEFA,
the national motion-picture production and distribution company of the now extinct German Democratic Republic.
Extras: Filmografie & Biografie vom Regisseur Andrej Tarkowskij / Stalker - eine Reflexion des Kameramanns Rolf
Kettner / Bilder-Galerie.
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Stalker
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese
[ back ]
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Mirror
Czech Republic
Zona-Aerofilms, 2006
Region 0, PAL
Additional details here.
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Mirror
Japan
IVC
Region 2, NTSC
Contains brief text biography. Ingrained subtitles.
[ rear ]
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Mirror
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
<more info coming soon>
[ back ]
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Mirror
United Kingdom
Artificial Eye, 2002
Region 2, PAL
Transfer by RusCiCo. Soundtrack has been altered, among other problems.
NOTE: This disk has subsequently been reissued by A.E. w/mono soundtrack, but same packaging.
See January 4, 2003
News column on this site for information on how to distinguish the two versions.
[ our review of this disk ]
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Mirror
Germany
Icestorm Entertainment
Region 2, PAL
<more info coming soon>
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Mirror
U.S.A.
RusCiCo, 2002
Region 0, NTSC
Soundtrack has been altered, among other problems. See above disk.
NOTE: This disk has subsequently been reissued by RusCiCo w/mono soundtrack.
See our DVD Recommendations page.
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Mirror
The Netherlands
Moskwood (RusCiCo, 2002)
Region 2, PAL
DD5.1 soundtrack.
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Mirror
U.S.A.
Kino on Video
Region 1, NTSC
Ingrained subtitles, heavy overscan.
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Mirror
Italy
RusCiCo/Fox
Region 2, PAL
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Solaris
U.S.A.
Criterion
Region 0, NTSC
SPECIAL FEATURES
- new anamorphic transfer, 169 minutes
- audio essay by Johnson and Petrie
- new English subtitle translation
- nine deleted and alternate scenes
- video interviews
- Stanislaw Lem (documentary)
- Nostalghia.com URL appears in booklet :-)
See also Criterion on Solaris
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Solaris
Czech Republic
Zona-Aerofilms, 2007
Region 0, PAL
Full details here.
[ rear ]
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Solaris
The Netherlands
Moskwood (RusCiCo, 2002)
Region 2, PAL
DD5.1 soundtrack
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Solaris
U.S.A.
Image Entertainment, 1998
Region 1, NTSC
*** Cancelled/Recalled ***
See our June 15, 2001 news item.
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Solaris
United Kingdom
Artificial Eye, 2002
Region 2, PAL
159 min. Transfer by RusCiCo. 2-disk set.
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Solaris
Italy
General Video Recording/Kult Media, 2002
Region 0, PAL
165 min. Restored version of this film.
See our March 1, 2003 news item.
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Solaris
Korea
RusCiCo, 2002
Region 3, NTSC
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Solaris
Japan
RusCiCo, 2002
Region 2, NTSC
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Solaris
Russia
Lizard
Region 5, SECAM
On a single DVD, one side, with a layer switch between the two parts.
It appears to be the same transfer as on the RusCiCo 2-disk set,
same supplements, but adds an interview with Yusov.
Subtitles: Russian. Audio: Russian 5.1.
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Solaris
Japan
IVC
Region 2, NTSC
Ingrained Japanese subtitles.
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Solaris
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
<more info coming soon&ht;
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Solaris
Germany
Icestorm Entertainment
Region 2, PAL
159 minutes version.
Contains no Russian-language soundtrack.
DVD is mastered from restored DEFA prints and contains only German dubbed dialogue produced by DEFA,
the national motion-picture production and distribution company of the now extinct German Democratic Republic.
Extras: Filmografie & Biografie vom Regisseur Andrej Tarkowskij / "Solaris" als Grundfrage der Philosophie,
Dr. Michael Rosenhahn kommentiert / Bilder-Galerie.
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Andrei Rublov
Czech Republic
Zona-Aerofilms, 2006
Region 0, PAL
Full details here.
Contains the original, proper mono coundtrack (unlike all other versions to date (Sept/06); differences
analyzed here.
Subtitles: Czech, English, Russian.
Disc is identical in every respect to the 2001 Ruscico issue (used by e.g., Artificial Eye), except graphic menu is changed
and original mono soundtrack included.
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Andrei Rublov
Korea
RusCiCo, 2001
Region 3, NTSC
185 min. This appears to be the version that Tarkovsky preferred (there
also exist a 205 min and a 145 min version).
See discussion of RusCiCo vs. U.S. version below.
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Andrei Rublov
U.S.A.
RusCiCo, 2001
Region 0, NTSC
185 min. This appears to be the version that Tarkovsky preferred (there
also exist a 205 min and a 145 min version).
The late CriterionDVD discussion board had a side-by-side comparison between this
disk and the longer Criterion version (see below). You may browse our locally archived version of
this thread. This is a PDF file, you will need the (free) Acrobat Reader. Read
the discussion here.
The Aspect Ratio of the RusCiCo transfer is 2.21:1. Unfortunately, it has been
horizontally squeezed down from the correct SovScope (2.35:1) aspect ratio.
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Andrei Rublov
United Kingdom
Artificial Eye, 2002
Region 2, PAL
185 min. Transfer by RusCiCo, 2-disk set. Repackaged version of the above disk.
This appears to be the version that Tarkovsky preferred (there
also exist a 205 min and a 145 min version).
The late CriterionDVD discussion board had a side-by-side comparison between this
disk and the longer Criterion version (see below). You may browse our locally archived version of
this thread. This is a PDF file, you will need the (free) Acrobat Reader. Read
the discussion here.
The Aspect Ratio of the RusCiCo transfer is 2.21:1. Unfortunately, it has been
horizontally squeezed down from the correct SovScope (2.35:1) aspect ratio.
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Andrei Rublov
U.S.A.
Criterion, 1998
Region 1, NTSC
205 min. This is the presumably the original 5642 m version from 1966. The movie was immediately after the premiere
cut down to 5250 m and then finally to 5076 m (185 min).
The 5642 m version was not seen again until it was screened in 1988 during the retrospecive in Moscow.
The print was saved by the editor, Lyudmila Feiginova, who kept it for about 15 years in her home, hidden under her bed.
Criterion obtained a print from Martin Scorsese, who was able to obtain it, and the rights, from friends in Moscow.
The Aspect Ratio of the Criterion transfer is 2.49:1 (unfortunately cropped, on all sides). Non anamorphic transfer.
See also this letter from then Criterion Producer Mark Rance.
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Andrei Rublov
The Netherlands
Moskwood (RusCiCo, 2002)
Region 2, PAL
DD5.1 soundtrack.
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Andrei Rublov
Italy
RusCiCo/Fox, 2002
Region 2, PAL
[ rear ]
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Andrei Rublov
Brazil
Region 0, PAL
English, Spanish and Portugese subtitles. 205 minutes.
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Andrei Rublov
Russia
Lizard, 2004
Region 5, PAL
180 minutes (PAL Speedup), DD5.1 (RusCiCo?), 2xDVD, 4-page booklet.
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Andrei Rublov
Japan
IVC
Region 2, NTSC
Ingrained subtitles.
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Andrei Rublov
Germany
Icestorm Entertainment
Region 2, PAL
<more info coming soon>
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Andrei Rublov
Sweden
Njuta Films (RusCiCo)
Region 2, PAL
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Ivan's Childhood
United Kingdom
Artificial Eye, 2002
Region 2, PAL
88 minutes. English subtitles only. RusCiCo transfer.
There are some technical issues that you should be aware of.
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Ivan's Childhood
Japan
IVC
Region 2, NTSC
Ingrained subtitles.
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Ivan's Childhood
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
<more info coming soon>
[ back ]
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Ivan's Childhood
Germany
Icestorm Entertainment
Region 2, PAL
<more info coming soon>
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Ivan's Childhood
Russia
RusCiCo, 2003
Region 2, PAL
This version has 13 subtitle languages.
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Ivan's Childhood
Italy
RusCiCo/Fox, 2002
Region 2, NTSC (also PAL version)
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Ivan's Childhood
The Netherlands
Moskwood (RusCiCo?)
Region 2, PAL
No info. See www.moskwood.nl
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Ivan's Childhood
Sweden
Njuta Films (RusCiCo)
Region 2, PAL
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The Steamroller and the Violin
Japan
IVC
Region 2, NTSC
[ rear ]
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The Steamroller and the Violin
Brazil
Region 0, NTSC
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese
[ back ]
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The Killers
U.S.A.
Criterion, 2003
Region 0, NTSC
This is a two-DVD set containing three screen adaptations of the
Ernest Hemingway short story: Robert Siodmak's 1946 feature film,
Andrei Tarkovsky's student film from 1956, and Don Siegel's 1964
version.
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Ivan's Childhood, Mirror, Rublov, Solaris and Stalker
Korea
Spectrum, 2003
Region 3, NTSC
This is a 5-disc box set. English subs, except on certain extras. See our
June 29, 2003 news item.
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Ivan's Childhood & Andrei Rublov
*** BOOTLEG ***
Region 0, NTSC
Item Description from eBay: "2 DVDs in one box. The first 2 long movies of ANDREI TARKOVSKY. With english subtitles.
"MY NAME IS IVAN" Russia 1962, black & white. "ANDREI RUBLEV" Russia 1969, black & white and color. DIRECTOR'S CUT.
UNCENSORED VERSION. 3 HOURS 25 MINUTES. COLLECTOR ITEM. NEW RESTORED DIGITAL WIDESCREEN CINEMASCOPE VERSION.
THIS IS A SMALL QUANTITY EDITION RELEASE OF "CLUB DE COLECCIONISTAS DE CINE"... DIGITAL RESTORATION FROM DIGITAL AND
ANALOG SOURCES. ... THE CCC CATALOG IS OF "PUBLIC DOMAIN" MOVIES ONLY.... NOTHING ILLEGAL OR PIRATE.... "
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