Moscow Elegy

1987 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 398 VOTES · DIR. Aleksandr Sokurov

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Overview

A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Tarkovsky in 1982, which would have been before his death. Controversy with Soviet authorities about the film's style and content led to significant delays in the production.

Dialogue Timeline - 546 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:10 Leningrad Documentary Film Production
00:05:53 Talking with Tonino Guerra, poet and script-writer.
00:09:56 We travel all the time around tourist sites.
00:13:40 A literary hero is not a superman.
00:15:39 One should try to avoid gaps
00:17:29 He shot Nostalghia freely, but not easily.
00:21:28 Wait!
00:24:16 and Soviet State.
00:29:00 We simpletons are unable to understand this.
00:32:51 for Andrei Tarkovsky.
00:36:29 and the others another.
00:51:26 Only a few things.
00:56:24 when we'll be there...
00:59:15 lf three are born at once, they give you a flat.
01:00:34 - Couldn't you ask something else? About what?
01:02:01 life's not worth living. ls it?
01:05:16 While living here, Andrei graduated from school
01:07:06 Though one can hardly believe it
01:11:37 Tarkovsky went to the doctor:
01:13:26 l understand you very well.
01:16:24 ...and his two sons do not hide their grief.
01:21:45 He lies here, at a Paris cemetery.
01:24:31 and a white sister at my feet
01:26:05 Anne-Len Vibum and Chris Marker.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed546
Dialogue density6.2 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line01:26:05

Production Record

DirectorAleksandr Sokurov
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes398