Critic Alexander (Erin Josephson Erland Josephson) celebrates his 50th birthday at his home in Sweden, where his youngest son is silent after throat surgery. The two men planted a sapling in silence to expect it to produce green branches and leaves, but that very night, the radio broadcast the news of the launch of a nuclear missile that the third World War was about to break out. Desperate Alexander prayed to God that there would be no war, and even he was willing to give everything he had to prevent the end of the world. Alexander, who was looking forward to the rebirth of the world, burned down his house when he was exhausted. In the raging fire, Alexander was taken to hospital by ambulance. The youngest son came to the bank to continue watering the saplings they had planted together, and everything seemed to be calm again. Sacrifice, the last masterpiece directed by Andre Tarkovsky, a famous Soviet film master, won four awards, including the Catholic Spirit of humanity Award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Palme d'Or for best picture. he was awarded the 41st British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for best foreign language film in 1988.