- (1974) Screenplay: "Hoffmanniana" (orig. Russian: "Hofmanana"), based on the life and work of the German writer and poet E.T.A. Hoffmann. Begun as a commission from Tallinnfilm (Estonia) to write a screenplay on a German theme, and after considering Thomas Mann and Ibsen's Peer Gynt, he signed a contract for a script about Hoffmann. Planning to write it during Summer 1974 at his dacha never materialized by the deadline due to writing difficulties, he finally finished it in October 1974. Although the script was well received by the officials at Tallinnfilm, it was the consensus that no one but Tarkovsky would be able to direct it, and he was not interested. In February 1976 the script was sent to Goskino, and although approval was granted to proceed making the film, it was never realized. The screenplay was however published that year, in case anyone was interested in directing it. In 1984 Tarkovsky revisited the screenplay and made a few changes; he had finally considered to direct it himself, but still ultimately dropped this idea to begin work on 'The Sacrifice' instead.
- (1989) Diaries published in book form: "Time Within Time. The Diaries 1970-1986" (orig. Russian title "Martyrolog"). First published 1989 in a German translation, and in 1991 in English, and not until 2008 in the original Russian. Tarkovsky in 1974 called his diaries Martyrology (in English), claiming "Pretentious and false as a title, but let it stay as a reminder of my ineradicable, futile worthlessness." The diaries are deeply personal and were intended mainly for Tarkovsky himself. They were written practically every day up until two weeks before his death.
- (December 1976) Directed Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" at the Lenkom Theatre in Moscow, with Tarkovsky's regular film star Anatoliy Solonitsyn in the title role.
- (1983) Staged the opera "Boris Godunov (1990)" by Modest Mussorgsky, at the Royal Opera House in London under the musical direction of Claudio Abbado.
- (1959) Screenplay: "Antarctica - Distant Country", written with Andrey Konchalovskiy (Tarkovsky's VGIK classmate who also co-wrote the screenplays for Tarkovsky's 'The Steamroller and the Violin', 'Ivan's Childhood', and 'Andrei Rublev'). Submitted to Lenfilm for Tarkovsky's VGIK graduation project, but rejected and never produced (replaced by the Steamroller & Violin script); published later in the Moskovsky Komsomolets.
- (1986/1987) Essay book: "Sculpting in Time. Reflections on the Cinema". First published early 1986 in a German translation, and then in Italian. 2nd edition revised to include 'The Sacrifice' (dictated by Tarkovsky in the last weeks of his life) and published December 1986 in the original Russian, and 1987 in an English translation. Tarkovsky says in the introduction that he wrote the book in part to explain, or give insight, to his puzzled audience on the nature of his films, in response to the questions of an audience that is willing to dialogue with him. The title refers to Tarkovsky's own name for his style of filmmaking.
- (1978) Screenplay: "Sardor", written with Aleksandr Misharin (who had collaborated with Tarkovsky on the screenplay for 'Mirror' and played a part in that film and 'Solaris'). Never produced.
- (1954) Screenplay treatment (short story): "The Concentrate" (or "The Extract") (orig. Russian: "Konsentrat") (6 handwritten pages), based on Tarkovsky's year-long experiences working as an assistant with a state-guarded secret scientific research expedition to the Siberian taiga at the river Kureikye near Turukhansk in the Krasnoyarsk Province in 1953, for the Academy of Science Institute for Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold, to prospect for natural diamonds for industrial use. The story is about the leader of a geological expedition, who waits for the boat that brings back the concentrates collected by the expedition, which is surrounded by great mystery, and whose purpose is a state secret. Written in a single sitting during Tarkovsky's VGIK entrance examination. Not produced at the time. In 1994 some sequences from the story treatment were scripted and filmed and used in the documentary Andrei Tarkovsky's Taiga Summer (1994) by Marina Tarkovskaya (Tarkovsky's sister) and her husband Aleksandr Gordon (Tarkovsky's VGIK classmate and collaborator on his first two student short films).
- (1990) Photography published in book: "Instant Light: Tarkovsky Polaroids". 60 photographs made by Tarkovsky in Russia and Italy between 1979 and 1984. First published 1990 in the USSR.
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