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| Swedish | Offret |
| Directed by | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Written by | Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Produced by | Anna-Lena Wibom |
| Starring | Erland Josephson Susan Fleetwood Allan Edwall Guðrún S. Gísladóttir Sven Wollter Valérie Mairesse Filippa Franzen Tommy Kjellqvist |
| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Edited by | Andrei Tarkovsky Michał Leszczyłowski |
| Music by | Johann Sebastian Bach Watazumido-Shuso |
| Distributed by | Sandrew (Swedish theatrical) |
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Running time | 142 minutes[2] |
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| Languages | Swedish English French |
| Box office | $300,653 (USA) |
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 world-renowned 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".[3]
The Sacrifice was Tarkovsky's third film as a Soviet expatriate, after Nostalghia and the documentary Voyage in Time, and he died shortly after its completion. He was diagnosed with cancer after making the film, and by 1986 was unable to attend its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival due to his illness. Like 1972's Solaris by Tarkovsky, The Sacrifice also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
- ^ a b "Offret = Sacrificatio (1986) Andreï Tarkovski". Bifi.fr. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "The Sacrifice (1986)". IMDb. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ Tarkovsky, Andrei (1989). Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema. Translated by Hunter-Blair, Kitty. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780292776241.