Directed by:
Andrei Arsenyevich TarkovskyComposer:
Eduard ArtemyevCast:
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, Alisa Freyndlikh, Natasha Abramova, Faime Jurno, Ye. Kostin, R. Rendi, Sergey Yakovlev (more)VOD (3)
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The film follows three men - the Scientist (Nikolai Grinko), the Writer (Anatoliy Solonitsyn), and the Stalker (Alexander Kaidanovsky) - as they travel through a mysterious and forbidden territory in the Russian wilderness called the "Zone." In the Zone, nothing is what it seems. Objects change places, the landscape shifts and rearranges itself. It seems as if an unknown intelligence is actively thwarting any attempt to penetrate its borders. In the Zone, there is said to be a bunker, and in the bunker: a magical room which has the power to make wishes come true. The Stalker is the hired guide for the journey who has, through repeated visits to the Zone, become accustomed to its complex traps, pitfalls, and subtle distortions. Only by following his lead (which often involves taking the longest, most frustrating route) can the Writer and the Scientist make it alive to the bunker and the room. As the men travel farther into the Zone, they realize it may take something more than just determination to succeed: it may actually take faith. Increasingly unsure of their deepest desires, they confront the room wondering if they can, in the end, take responsibility for the fulfillment of their own wishes. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
Ten Little Indians (1987)
Anna Karenina (1967)
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Stalker (1979)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
Nikolay Grinko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part III (1967)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Alisa Freyndlikh
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Office Romance (1977)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Stalker (1979)
Natasha Abramova
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
Faime Jurno
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
Ye. Kostin
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
Sergey Yakovlev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
The Ascent (1977)
Air Crew (1979)
Mary Murray
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Death of a Superhero (2011)