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Stalker

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.

#3of 1979
1979 2h 42mScience FictionDrama

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.

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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.

The vibe

guardwishstalkeralienstrugatskywritersoldierexistentialismzonecomplex

Behind it

Andrei TarkovskyAndrei TarkovskyDirectorArkadiy StrugatskiyArkadiy StrugatskiyWriterBoris StrugatskiyBoris StrugatskiyWriterEduard ArtemyevEduard ArtemyevComposerAleksandr KnyazhinskyAleksandr KnyazhinskyCinematographyLeonid KalashnikovLeonid KalashnikovCinematography

Cast

Alisa FreyndlikhAlisa FreyndlikhStalker's Wife
Aleksandr KaydanovskiyAleksandr KaydanovskiyStalker
Anatoliy SolonitsynAnatoliy SolonitsynWriter
Mykola HrynkoMykola HrynkoProfessor
Natalya AbramovaNatalya AbramovaMarta
Faime JurnoFaime JurnoWriter's Companion
Evgeniy KostinLyuger, Owner of Cafe
Raimo RendiPolice Patrol
Vladimir ZamanskiyVladimir ZamanskiyProfessor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Writers

Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky, Boris Strugatskiy

Release date

25 May 1979

Runtime

2h 42m

Budget

$0.1M

Studio

Mosfilm

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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