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Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear...
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun in this BAFTA-winning, Palme d'Or-nominated 1986 classic from the great Andrei Tarkovsky.
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86 %43 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
90 %6,545 reviewsAudience score rating
"The Sacrifice is not the sort of movie most people will choose to see, but those with the imagination to risk it may find it rewarding."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"It is brilliant and audacious..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A stunningly beautiful film that holds your attention even while you feel slightly stunned, in a less welcome way, by what is actually going on."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"There are echoes of Bergman (of course) and of Chekhov, and once or twice I found myself thinking, most unexpectedly, of Heartbreak House."
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Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound"Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film, from 1986, is a grand, unworldly, even antiworldly religious vision."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"An austere and appropriate rumination on leave-taking and loss."
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Independent
Independent"A film unrivalled in the history of cinema in the expression of sheer dread."
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Time Out
Time Out"(The) Sacrifice is tough... But if you fight your way through, you may just feel the flush of achievement and walk away with a head full of memorable images."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"Involving and intellectually rich..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"No director could wish a more splendid valedictory."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesThe Sacrifice | Details
Award winner- Best Foreign Language Film, BAFTA 1988; Grand Prize of the Jury, Best Artistic Contribution, FIPRESCI Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes 1986
- Rating
- PG,
- Runtime
- 149
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- France, Sweden, United Kingdom
