History Film / AndreiRublev

* {{Gorn}}: Quite potent for a film of the period. There's a cow being set on fire, and a horse falling down from a flight of stairs.

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Averted with Durochka.

* ThePlague: Killed the parents of Boriska.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fellow monk Kirill, after losing a prominent commission to Andrei.

* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: When the group around Rublev is boating on a river, they spot Marfa, the Pagan girl, chased by soldiers at the shore. When she gets naked to escape swimming, an older woman jumps over to Sergei, the blond boy in the group, and covers his ears and eyes.

** The death of Rublev's young apprentice Foma. During the Tartar assault, he gets hit by an arrow in the back. We see him tumble in slo-mo until he finally falls over into the river and is carried away by the currents.

* ColdBloodedTorture: After the attack on the cathedral, a man screams in pain while being tortured with fire to reveal the location of gold, [[TortureIsIneffective which he refuses to do so]]. Eventually, [[spoiler: he has molten metal from his cross poured into his mouth and dragged out of the cathedral with a horse.]]

* {{Gorn}}: Quite potent for a film of the period. There's a cow being set on fire (although there's no clear information if it was unharmed or not), and a horse with a broken leg getting rolled down a flight of stairs.

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: There are two main scenes of animals being injured - a cow burning alive, and a horse with a broken leg falling down some stairs. The cow was unharmed, wearing a fireproof blanket that was set alight. The horse, though, was purchased from a slaughterhouse and the fall was real. Tarkovsky maintained it was heavily tranquilized, and was immediately shot after the cut.

* ColdBloodedTorture: After the attack on the cathedral, a man screams in pain while being tortured with fire to reveal the location of gold, which he refuses to do so. Eventually, [[spoiler: he has molten metal from his cross poured into his mouth and dragged out of the cathedral with a horse.]]

* EyeScream: Getting your eyes gouged out by someone's spurs counts.

* {{Gorn}}: Quite potent for a film of the period. There's a cow being set on fire, and a horse with a broken leg getting rolled down a flight of stairs.

** The death of Rublov's young apprentice Foma. During the Tartar assault, he gets hit by an arrow in the back. We see him tumble in slo-mo until he finally falls over into the river and is carried away by the currents.

''Andrei Rublev'' (or ''"The Passion According to Andrei"'') is a 1966 film by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky, loosely based on the life of Russia's famous icon painter of the same name. It is the movie that launched the director to international attention after its warm reception at the Cannes film festival.

You can watch ''Andrei Rublev'' [[https://russianfilmhub.com/movies/andrei-rublev-1966/ here]].

You can watch Andrei Rublev [[https://russianfilmhub.com/movies/andrei-rublev-1966/ here]].

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Mostly played straight, with one unfortunate aversion. [[spoiler: One scene depicts the real death of a horse which had been purchased by the filmmakers from a slaughterhouse.]]
** According to other evidences a cow has been burned alive on the set.
*** The cow was wearing a fireproof blanket, to make it look like it was burning alive when it actually wasn't. The horse, though -- that one was real.

* InfantImmortality: On a path through the woods soldiers accost the artisans on the orders of the Grand Prince and gouge their eyes out. The only person coming out unharmed is the young boy Sergei.

* LeFilmArtistique: A shining example.

* TheVoiceless: To atone for killing a man, Andrei decides to give up painting and takes a vow of silence. It takes 15 years until he breaks his silence, in the scene where he comforts the young bellmaker.

* AuthorAvatar: Andrei Rublev himself struggles with many of the same crises of faith and art that Tarkovsky did.

The movie is notable for its troubled production and numerous issues with the Soviet Union's strict censorship board. It is Tarkovsky's longest and most violent film, and was only available in heavily cut versions until the CriterionCollection DVD release in 1999, which restored the film to its original 205 minute run time.

The movie is notable for its troubled production and numerous issues with the Soviet Union's strict censorship board. It is Tarkovsky's longest and most violent film, and was only available in heavily cut versions until the Creator/CriterionCollection DVD release in 1999, which restored the film to its original 205 minute run time.

The movie is notable for its troubled production and numerous issues with the Soviet Union's strict censorship board. It is Tarkovsky's longest and most violent film, and was only available in heavily cut versions until the CriterionCollection DVD release in 1999, which restored the film to its original 205 minute run time.

As with most Tarkovsky films, it eschews a traditional narrative structure, relying on episodic vignettes that take place around the life of Rublev, with the man himself often taking a backseat to the actions on screen depicting the time. Interestingly, the film never once [[InformedAbility depicts Andrei Rublev painting]], and is entirely in black and white until an ending montage of Rublev's work in blazing color. It is [[TrueArtIsAngsty quite depressing]], but also considered to be a shining example of one of the 20th century's greatest creative minds at the height of his power.

!!This film provides examples of:
* AuthorAvatar: Andrei Rublev himself struggles with many of the same crises of faith and art that Tarkovsky did
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Andrei, after killing a man in defense of Durochka]]

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Though black and white film was probably used to partially save money on a long and extravagant film, it was not a necessity [[spoiler: demonstrated by the ending montage]].

* LeFilmArtistique: a shining example.

** according to other evidences a cow has been burned alive on the set.
** The cow was wearing a fireproof blanket, to make it look like it was burning alive when it actually wasn't. The horse, though -- that one was real.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Rublov imagines a conversation with the dead Theophanes the Greek, in which the latter jumps places offscreen.

As with most Tarkovsky films, it eschews a traditional narrative structure, relying on episodic vignettes that take place around the life of Rublev, with the man himself often taking a backseat to the actions on screen depicting the time. Interestingly, the film never once [[InformedAbility depicts Andrei Rublev painting]], and is entirely in black and white [[spoiler: until an ending montage of Rublev's work in blazing color]]. It is [[TrueArtIsAngsty quite depressing]], but also considered to be a shining example of one of the 20th century's greatest creative minds at the height of his power.

''AndreiRublev'' (or ''"The Passion According to Andrei"'') is a 1966 film by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky, loosely based on the life of Russia's famous icon painter of the same name. It is the movie that launched the director to international attention after its warm reception at the Cannes film festival.

!!This film includes examples of

* CrapsackWorld: Medieval Russia, evidently, was not fun

* TheFool: Durochka
* {{Gorn}}: Quite potent for a film of the period. There's a cow being set on fire, and a horse with a broken leg getting rolled down a flight of stairs. (Did I mention that, in context, that's actually kind of the comic relief?)

* TheMiddleAges: A very accurate and unflinching depiction

* OldMaster: Theophanes the Greek
* ThePlague: Killed the parents of Boriska

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fellow monk Kirill, after losing a prominent commission to Andrei

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fellow monk Kirill, after losing a prominent commission to Andrei

* CharacterTitle

''AndreiRublev'' (or ''"The Passion According to Andrei"'' is a 1966 film by Creator/AndreiTarkovsky, loosely based on the life of Russia's famous icon painter of the same name. It is the movie that launched the director to international attention after its warm reception at the Cannes film festival.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Though black and white film was probably used to partially save money on a long and extravagant film, it was not a necessity [[spoiler: demonstrated by the ending montage]]

* InformedAbility: Rublev is never, ever shown actually picking up a brush to paint
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Averted with Durochka

* PlayingAgainstType: YuriNikulin who was known playing comedic roles (and also had a highly successful carrier of a circus clown) plays a dramatic role.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fellow monk Kirill, after losing a prominent commission to Andrei
* TroubledProduction
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic?