Andrei Rublev's Trinity
I guess the tennis player was named after him (or so I read) and perhaps owns one of his icons.;) Andrei Rublev's Trinity (from Wikipedia Commons)
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Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934 - 1982)
Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (also 'Anatoli'; Russian : Анатолий ((Отто)) Алексеевич Солоницын ; 30 August 1934, Bogorodsk – 11 June 1982, Moscow ) was a Soviet actor . Solonitsyn is best known in the west for his roles in several of Andrei Tarkovsky 's films, including Dr. Sartorius in Solaris (1972), the Writer in Stalker (1979), the physician in The Mirror (1975), and the title role in Andrei Rublev (1966). Indeed, it was Tarkovsky who "discovered" him. In his book Sculpting In Time , Tarkovsky calls him his "favorite" actor, and writes that Solonitsyn was intended to play the lead roles in each of his films Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986), but died before their production. In the former Soviet Union he is also well known for his roles in Telokhranitel /The Bodyguard (1979), At Home among Strangers (1974) and many others. In 1981, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for...
1969 Andrei Rublev (pol)
1969 Andrei Rublev (pol) , a photo by punainenkyynel on Flickr. The DVD I have (Criterion Collection) has pretty much the same cover design.
Andrei Rublev
OK, so I'm in a Tarkovsky mood. Tarkovsky takes patience but he's well worth the ticket price. I'm re-watching his Andrei Rublev. I'm no movie critic but I'm constantly amazed at what he was able to accomplish. E.g., the initial balloon bit: magical; the horse flipping over and back again (saying nothing and everything). *** Andrei Rublev ( Russian : Андре́й Рублёв ; IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf] , also transliterated Andrey Rublyov and other permutations; [1] born in the 1360s, died 1427 or 29 January 1430) is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes . Biography There is little information about his life. It is not known where he was born. Andrei Rublev probably lived in the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra near Moscow under Nikon of Radonezh , who became hegumen after the death of Sergii Radonezhsky (1392). The first mention of Rublev is in 1405 when he decorated icons and frescos for the Cathedral of the...