Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - "Ko te tamarikitanga o Ivan" te kiriata tuatahi a Tarkovsky. I whakawhiwhia e ia ki a ia te whakamoemiti me te rongonui o te ao. I riro i a ia te Golden Lion i te Venice Film Festival i te 1962 me te Golden Gate Award i te San Francisco International Film Festival i te 1962. I whiriwhiria hoki te kiriata hei whakauru Soviet mo te Kiriata Kairangi o te reo ke i te 36th Academy Awards.
, engari kaore i whakaaetia hei kaitono. Ko nga kaihanga kiriata rongonui penei i a Ingmar Bergman, Sergei Parajanov me Krzysztof Kieślowski i whakamoemiti ki te kiriata me te kii he awe ki a raatau mahi.