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Stalker (1979)

Not Rated | | Drama, Sci-Fi | 17 April 1980 (Netherlands)
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.

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(as Andrey Tarkovskiy)

Writers:

(novel), (novel) | 2 more credits »
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Natalya Abramova ...
Marta, doch Stalkera (as Natasha Abramova)
Faime Jurno ...
Sobesednitsa Pisatelya (as F. Yurna)
E. Kostin ...
Lyuger, khozyain kafe
Raymo Rendi ...
Patrulnyy politseyskiy (as R. Rendi)
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Storyline

In a small, unnamed country there is an area called the Zone. It is apparently inhabited by aliens and contains the Room, where in it is believed wishes are granted. The government has declared The Zone a no-go area and have sealed off the area with barbed wire and border guards. However, this has not stopped people from attempting to enter the Zone. We follow one such party, made up of a writer, who wants to use the experience as inspiration for his writing, and a professor, who wants to research the Zone for scientific purposes. Their guide is a man to whom the Zone is everything, the Stalker. Written by grantss

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Certificate:

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Release Date:

17 April 1980 (Netherlands)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

RUR 6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$20,540 (USA) (5 May 2017)

Gross:

$138,550 (USA) (2 June 2017)
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(Sovcolor)| | (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

It is said that the rushes of the first version of the film were kept by editor Lyudmila Feyginova in her home for years. They were destroyed by a fire that also claimed her life. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Stalker's Wife: [sub-titled from Russian] Why did you take my watch?
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Connections

References Solaris (1972) See more »

Soundtracks

An die Freude
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Incredible
26 September 2006 | by (Sweden) – See all my reviews

This movie is so strange. When i saw it, i realized that it was beautiful, that it was really good. but what really fascinates me is that some of the pictures and emotions i experienced in the movie keep reappearing afterwards. They haunt me so to say and i've got an incredible urge to watch the movie again. I've never experienced this so vividly and uncontrollable. Normally it's you who "summon" the pictures and feelings from the movie when you find cues (feelings/pictures) to it in your environment.

But this movie just keeps appearing without no obvious reason at all, filling you with feelings and beautiful images out of the blue.

See it and make up your own mind, could be i'm just on the verge of going mad after all ;)


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