The Sacrifice

Original title: Offret

1986
PG
2h 29m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

32K

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At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

32K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,022

3,350

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 9 wins & 3 nominations total

Trivia
The cottage burnt down while the film jammed in the camera, and the crew could not reload it in time. Therefore, it had to be reconstructed and burnt a second time.

Quotes
Alexander: I studied philosophy, history of religion, aesthetics. And ended up putting myself in chains. Of my own free will.

Crazy credits
Just before the film ends (in Swedish): "This film is dedicated to my son Andriosha - with hope and confidence. Andrei Tarkovskij"

Connections
Edited into Moskovskaya elegiya (1990)

Soundtracks
Matthäus-Passion: Erbarme Dich
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Sung by Julia Hamari
EMI-Electrola GmbH LC 0233

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Featured review

8/10

Hard to describe.

This is a mind-blowing film that is very hard to say something about but I will try my best:

First of all I would like to write something about the cinematography.Sven Nykvist is of course one of the best cinematographer´s of all times and this film is so fantastic beautifully filmed.I must say that I got lost in the film sometimes and did not understood what was going on but still I tried.The best in the film is before the "war" has started.A very dark allegory over the society.

I think it´s good-but still very though and hard to understand-and I recommend it but only for people who can see this sort of things.I actually got a bit depressed of this film.

It´s very hard to describe "The Sacrifice" and I have tried my best but you must see it for yourself to understand and maybe appreciate it.