Basic facts

Original title Zerkalo
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
Swedish release 1979-11-12

Cast

Margarita Terechova
Aleksejs mor/Natalja

Innokentij Smoktunovskij
Aleksejs röst, berättaren

Ignat Danil'cev
Aleksej, berättaren, som barn/Ignat, berättarens son

Larisa Tarkovskaja
Aleksejs mor som en gammal kvinna

Alla Demidova
Elizaveta "Lisa" Pavlovna, moderns väninna på tryckeriet

Anatolij Solonitsyn
rättsläkaren, den förbipasserande mannen

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title
Title for Swedish Video release
Working title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Unit Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor

Cast

Margarita Terechova Aleksejs mor/Natalja
Innokentij Smoktunovskij Aleksejs röst, berättaren
Ignat Danil'cev Aleksej, berättaren, som barn/Ignat, berättarens son
Larisa Tarkovskaja Aleksejs mor som en gammal kvinna
Alla Demidova Elizaveta "Lisa" Pavlovna, moderns väninna på tryckeriet
Anatolij Solonitsyn rättsläkaren, den förbipasserande mannen
Nikolaj Grin'ko Ivan Gavrilovič, chefen för tryckeriet
Jurij Nazarov Širokov, militärinstruktören
Oleg Jankovskij Aleksandr, berättarens far
Filip Jankovskij Aleksej Asaf'ev som femåring
Tamara Ogorodnikova barnsköterskan/grannen/främmande kvinna vid tebordet
Larisa Tarkovskaja Nadežda (Nadezjda), den förmögna kvinnan
Jurij Sventikov Jura
Tamara Rešetnikova
E. del Bosque
L. Correcer
Ángel Gutiérrez
Diego García
Teresa Rames
Tatiana del Bosque
Teresa del Bosque
Arsenij Tarkovskij fadern (röst)
Ol'ga Kizilova den rödhåriga (ej krediterad)
Marija Tarkovskaja-Višnjakova den gamla modern (ej krediterad)

Companies

Production Company Kinostudija "Mosfilm"
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Svensk Filmindustri
Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Nonstop Entertainment AB 2022
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1999
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1999

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 120459
Date 1979-08-16
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 2915 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white + colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2966 meter
Length in minutes 108 min
Reels 11 reels


Production location

1973-11-02 1974-03-18
1973-07-21 1973-09

Release dates

First showing 1975-03-07 Soviet Union 108 min
Release in Sweden 1979-11-12 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 106 min
Video release 1999-01 Sweden 102 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2009-12-01
2009-12-04
2012-04-29
2021-10-30
2021-11-09
2021-11-23 Sweden
VOD release 2022-12-30 SVT Play Sweden Antal dagar på SVT Play 30

Soundtrack listing

Original title They Tell Us That Your Might Powers Above. Ur operan The Indian Queen
Composer Henry Purcell (1695)
Lyrics John Dryden (1664)
Sir Robert Howard (1664)


Original title Matteuspassion
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1729)


Original title Johannespassion
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1724)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2889


Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language Russian


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 12
Slides 4
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Other manifestations of this work

Internet

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.78:1
Sound type Sound
Colour type Colour
Frames per second 25
Length in minutes 102 min
Dialogue


Holdings Film

Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type ProRes



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