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Stalker

  • 19791979
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 42m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
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A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
133K
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POPULARITY
2,767
281
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    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Arkadiy Strugatskiy(novel "Piknik na obochine")
      • Boris Strugatskiy(novel "Piknik na obochine")
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Alisa Freyndlikh
      • Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
      • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Arkadiy Strugatskiy(novel "Piknik na obochine")
      • Boris Strugatskiy(novel "Piknik na obochine")
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Alisa Freyndlikh
      • Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
      • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 497User reviews
    • 148Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

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    On the film set near Tallinn, Estonia
    Nikolay Grinko and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Alisa Freyndlikh in Stalker (1979)
    Nikolay Grinko, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy in Stalker (1979)
    Nikolay Grinko, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy in Stalker (1979)
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Nikolay Grinko, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)

    Top cast

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    Alisa Freyndlikh
    Alisa Freyndlikh
    • Zhena Stalkera
    Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
    Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
    • Stalker
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • Pisatel
    Nikolay Grinko
    Nikolay Grinko
    • Professor
    Natalya Abramova
    • Marta, doch Stalkera
    • (as Natasha Abramova)
    Faime Jurno
    Faime Jurno
    • Sobesednitsa Pisatelya
    • (as F. Yurna)
    E. Kostin
    • Lyuger, khozyain kafe
    Raymo Rendi
    • Patrulnyy politseyskiy
    • (as R. Rendi)
    Sergey Yakovlev
    Sergey Yakovlev
    • Professor
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Vladimir Zamanskiy
    Vladimir Zamanskiy
    • Sobesednik Professora po telefonu
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Arkadiy Strugatskiy(novel "Piknik na obochine") (screenplay)
      • Boris Strugatskiy(novel "Piknik na obochine") (screenplay)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The Zone of the film was inspired by a nuclear accident that took place near Chelyabinsk in 1957. Several hundred square kilometers were polluted by fallout and abandoned. There was no official mention of this "forbidden zone" at the time.
    • Goofs
      At about 23 minutes, when Stalker, writer and professor are driving in their car they have to hide for a motorcyclist. In the scene the motorcyclist comes from the right. From an opposite angle of view, he still comes from the right, where it should have been from the left.
    • Quotes

      Stalker: May everything come true. May they believe. And may they laugh at their passions. For what they call passion is not really the energy of the soul, but merely friction between the soul and the outside world. But, above all, may they believe in themselves and become as helpless as children. For softness is great and strength is worthless. When a man is born, he is soft and pliable. When he dies, he is strong and hard. When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life. That which has become hard shall not triumph.

    • Connections
      Featured in Distant (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      La Marseillaise
      Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

    User reviews497

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    Top review
    10/10
    Incredible
    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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    • Marcus_Arenius
    • Sep 26, 2006

    FAQ11

    • Is the original Russian dialogue over-dubbed?
    • Is this movie based on a novel?
    • Where does the title "Stalkers" come from?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1980 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Stalker: La zona
    • Filming locations
      • Tallinn, Estonia
    • Production companies
      • Mosfilm
      • Vtoroe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • RUR 6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $292,049
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,537
      • Sep 15, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $369,824
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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