Stalker
Stalker

Movie·1979·2h 42m

Stalker

There's no need to speak. You must only...concentrate and recall all your past life. When a man thinks of the past, he becomes kinder.

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Сталкер

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

Written By

Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy

Producer

Aleksandra Demidova

Cinematography

Aleksandr Knyazhinsky

Music

Eduard Artemyev

Editor

Lyudmila Feiginova

Themes

based on novel or bookguardwishstalkeralienstrugatskywritersoldierexistentialismzonecomplexbeautifully filmed

Production House

Mosfilm

Audience Score

81%

2,490 votes

Skip6%
Timepass13%
Go for it36%
Perfection45%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Stalker's Wife

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Stalker

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Writer

Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Professor

Natalya Abramova

Natalya Abramova

Marta

Faime Jurno

Faime Jurno

Writer's Companion

Evgeniy Kostin

Lyuger, Owner of Cafe

Raimo Rendi

Police Patrol

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

Aleksandr Knyazhinsky

Aleksandr Knyazhinsky

Director of Photography

Lyudmila Feiginova

Lyudmila Feiginova

Editor

Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

Director, Screenplay

Aleksandra Demidova

Producer

Arkadiy Strugatskiy

Arkadiy Strugatskiy

Writer

Leonid Kalashnikov

Leonid Kalashnikov

Director of Photography

Eduard Artemyev

Eduard Artemyev

Original Music Composer

Boris Strugatskiy

Boris Strugatskiy

Writer

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