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Andrei Rublev (Russian Андре́й Рублёв) also known as The Passion of Andrei) is a film made by Andrei Tarkovsky in the former Soviet Union in 1966. It is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev the great 15th century Russian icon painter.

It stars the actor Anatoly Solonitsyn in the title role. Solonitsyn, one of whose ancestors was himself icon-painter, was tremendously proud to pass the auditions, considering his lack of acting experience. The script was written by Tarkovsky and Andrei Konchalovsky. The film is for the most part in black and white, except for the last few minutes, which are in color, showing details of several of Rublev's icons.

Andrei Rublev was not intended to be directly biographical, not much is known about Andrei Rublev and several historical facts were changed for the movie. Andrei is rather an observer who looks on upon the events in the movie. This is especially evident in the sequences centered around the casting of the bell towards the end of the movie.

Because of the movie's religious themes and political ambiguity, it was left unreleased in the Soviet Union for years after it was completed. Initially, it was completed in 1966 in a 205 minute version, but was not "officially" released until 1971, with about 20 minutes of material cut. Because of this, there are several different versions of various length. Some sources say that Tarkovsky, who was adamant in getting his films seen the way he wanted to, endorsed the cut of 20 minutes. This was the version that played in the USSR and Western Europe for many years. When it reached the U.S., it was cut by another 40 minutes, making it an incoherent mess in the eyes of many frustrated critics. The Criterion Collection DVD is known as the director's cut. It is the original, 205 minute version. The editor, Lyudmila Feiginova, kept a print of this version, supposedly, under her bed. It is however the longest cut available on DVD and generally accepted as the director's cut, even though some still dispute this.

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