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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.

19798.12h 42m

Overview

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.

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky, Boris Strugatskiy
Produced by Aleksandra Demidova
Box OfficeBudget: $120K0

Top 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

E

Evgeniy Kostin

Lyuger, Owner of Cafe

R

Raimo Rendi

Police Patrol

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookguardwishstalkeralienstrugatskywritersoldierexistentialismzonebeautifully filmed

About Stalker

Stalker is a science fiction, drama film released in 1979 exploring themes of based on novel or book, guard, wish, stalker, alien, strugatsky. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, it stars Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn. 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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