Nostalghia
The Russian poet Gortchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th century Russian composer. In a ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had imprisoned his own family in a barn to save them from the evils of the world.
As Eugenia seeks to tempt Gortchakov into infidelity, he, seeing some deep truth in Domenico's act, becomes drawn to the lunatic. In a series of dreams, the poet's nostalgia for his homeland and his longing for his wife, his ambivalent feelings for Eugenia and her Italy, and his sense of kinship with Domenico become intertwined.
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Directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky
Cast
Oleg Yankovsky - Andrei Goreakov (as Oleg Jankovsky)
Erland Josephson - Domenico
Domiziana Giordano - Eugenia
Patrizia Terreno - Andrei's Wife
Laura De Marchi - Chambermaid
Delia Boccardo - Domenico's Wife
Milena Vukotic - Civil Servant
Raffaele Di Mario
Rate Furlan
Livio Galassi
Elena Magoia
Piero Vida
Lia Tanzi - Eugenia (voice)
Sergio Fiorentini - Domenico (voice)
Production Co.
RAI-TV Channel 1
Opera Film Produzione
Sovinfilm
Produced by
Lorenzo Ostuni
Francesco Casati
Renzo Rossellini
Manolo Bolognini
Studio
Artificial Eye Film Company, Ltd.
Writer
Andrei Tarkovsky
Tonino Guerra
Music
Gino Peguri
