Andrei Rublev story

movie: Andrei Rublev (1966) · 1966-12

Andrei Rublev is a 1969 Soviet biographical historical drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and co-written with Andrei Konchalovsky. The film was remade and re-edited from the 1966 film titled The Passion According to Andrei by Tarkovsky which was censored during the first decade of the Brezhnev era in the Soviet Union. The film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev, the 15th-century Russian icon painter. The film features Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Sergeyev, Nikolai Burlyayev and Tarkovsky's wife Irma Raush. Savva Yamshchikov, a famous Russian restorer and art historian, was a scientific consultant of the film.

10 total · 1 choice · 8 major · 1 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
life in medieval Russia choice The film meant to show what Russia might have been like around 1400.
career choice major Andrei between monastery and going to paint with Theophanes
Christianity major we saw a monastery, religious paintings, and heard many biblical quotes
jealousy major Krill was jealous of Andrei, the Jester, and others who possessed talent
painting major Central to the story are a couple of master painters: Theophanes the Greek, and the eponymous Andrei Rublev.
resentment major Krill resented other people's success, especially Andrei's
social oppression major We saw the Jester tortured for making fun of the state, and pagans slaughtered.
the horrors of war major we saw a village brutally massacred by Tartars in episode 6
vow of silence major Andrei Rublev took a vow of silence in monastic Christian tradition.
divine madness minor Durochka said to be a holy fool.