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February 6, 2026
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Mosfilm is bringing one of the pinnacles of world cinema back to the big screen – Andrei Tarkovsky's legendary film "Andrei Rublev." The film will be released in the public domain in a state-of-the-art digital restoration format with 4K image quality and restored sound.
The first screening of the updated masterpiece will take place on February 21 at the Cinema Center (Mosfilm Cinema Park). The following day, February 22, the film will begin its tour of cinemas across the country. Audiences in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, and other cities will have the unique opportunity to see the film as its creator intended – in the latest quality and on the big screen. The screening geography will expand.
To commemorate this event, Mosfilm is releasing the official poster and trailer for the restored version, which offers a first glimpse of the scale of the work and the new quality of the visuals and sound.
The painstaking work of restoring the film to its original splendor was carried out by specialists at PK Telekino. The frame-by-frame digital restoration process resembled a delicate work, with each frame requiring an individual approach.
The restorers faced a critical task: not only to clean the image, but also to carefully preserve the authentic film texture—the soul of the film. They had to manually align long, fluid shots where density and brightness could vary. Scenes featuring fog and rain posed a particular challenge—they had to preserve their airiness and depth without losing detail.
Working with numerous shades of gray, the filmmakers meticulously balanced the black and white to preserve Tarkovsky's signature black-and-white aesthetic. The unique age-related defects of the source material—the intermediate positive—presented a particular challenge. Networks of fine cracks in the emulsion, reminiscent of the craquelure on old canvases, required lengthy and meticulous retouching to harmoniously connect all the planes within the scenes. The result is impeccable quality, in which technology serves art rather than replaces it.
ANDREY RUBLEV
Genre: Historical drama, biography Director: Andrei Tarkovsky Screenplay: Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrei Tarkovsky Cinematography: Vadim Yusov Composer: Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov Production designers: Evgeny Chernyaev, Ippolit Novoderezhkin, Sergei Voronkov Starring: Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeev, Irma Raush and others Year of production: 1966 Studio: Mosfilm, Creative Association of Writers and Filmmakers
A parable film, a reflection on the fate of an artist during a time of great change, "Andrei Rublev" has long since become not just a classic, but a cultural treasure. The return of the restored version to screens is a gift both for connoisseurs of Andrei Tarkovsky's work and for a new generation of viewers, who will see this film in the highest possible quality.
On February 9, Mosfilm.ru will launch a series of publications dedicated to the history of the famous film's creation, based on archival documents. Don't miss out!
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