Mirror (Criterion Collection)

Combining autobiographical accounts of life during World War II, political allegory, dream sequences, and newsreel footage, maverick Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky creates a haunting cinematic vision in this internationally acclaimed drama. A middle-aged, dying poet (Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy) ruminates on his days as a child (Filipp Yankovskiy), adolescent (Ignat Daniltsev), and family man during Stalin's rule. Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky also star. 106 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Russian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; documentaries; featuettes. In Russian with English subtitles. Two-disc set.