Andrej Rublev

Eight chapters, one cinematic monument: the "re-vision" of this key biopic and period piece invites the viewer to reflect on the relationship between art and politics, between power and war, between abstention and drive. And also, on how the struggle against the "yoke of the Tatars" is connected with the emergence of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Russia's claims to sovereignty. In the context of the war that today's Russia is waging against Ukraine, Rublev's Trinity icon has become a contested object. The angels are currently being packed in black body bags. (bw)