Funeral of Andrei Tarkovski - 1987

English subtitles thanks to Raff Goccia. Short report on Tarkkovski’s death by the RAI. Andrei Tarkovski died from his cancer December 29, 1986 in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France. The funeral service was celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Paris during which the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich played Bach’s Sarabande. Tarkovsky was buried January 3, 1987 at the Russian Orthodox cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois alongside other Russian officials as Ivan Bunin. The marble tomb of the sculptor Ernst Neizvestny evokes Golgotha and has seven floors, symbolizing the seven films Tarkovsky. It is topped with an Orthodox cross made from sketches of the director himself. Andrei Tarkovski meurt des suites de son cancer le 29 décembre 1986 à Neuilly-sur-Seine en France. Le service funèbre est célébré à la cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky de Paris pendant lequel le violoncelliste Mstislav Rostropovitch joua Sarabande de Bach. Tarkovski est inhumé le 3 janvier 1987 au cimetière russe orthodoxe de Saint