The Sacrifice (1986)
With Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Sven Wollter, Valérie Mairesse, Birgit Carlstén
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
The Sacrifice (Swedish: Offret) is a 1986 drama film written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring Erland Josephson, the film was produced by the Swedish Film Institute. Many of the crew were alumni of Ingmar Bergman's films, including cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The Sacrifice centers on a middle-aged intellectual who attempts to bargain with God to stop an impending nuclear holocaust. The film combines pagan and Christian religious themes; Tarkovsky called it a "parable".
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