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Stalker

  • 1979
  • K-12
  • 2h 42m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
144K
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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.

  • Director
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Writers
    • Arkadiy Strugatskiy
    • Boris Strugatskiy
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Stars
    • Alisa Freyndlikh
    • Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
    • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    144K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,706
    225
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Arkadiy Strugatskiy
      • Boris Strugatskiy
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Stars
      • Alisa Freyndlikh
      • Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
      • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • 539User reviews
    • 156Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • 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)
    Nikolay Grinko, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)

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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
    Raimo Rendi
    • Patrulnyy politseyskiy
    • (as R. Rendi)
    Sergey Yakovlev
    Sergey Yakovlev
    • Professor
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Arkadiy Strugatskiy
      • Boris Strugatskiy
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director Andrei Tarkovsky spent about a year shooting all of the exterior scenes with cinematographer Georgi Rerberg using Kodak 5247 film. This film stock was newer to Soviet laboratories of the time, and some of the original negatives were destroyed by a processing error at the laboratory. Part of the film had to be shot again with a new cinematographer, Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy. This contributed to the film's two-part narrative structure. Allegedly, the newly shot footage strayed farther away from the source novel Roadside Picnic, and had a different look. Asked about this, director Tarkovsky said "no mother gives birth to the same child twice."
    • 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 Uzak (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      La Marseillaise
      Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

    User reviews539

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    9/10
    A unique visionary film
    Tarkovsky's direction for this film is nearly flawless.

    The film mainly focuses on three characters and their basic goodness of each other. The photographic colors are brilliantly choreographed to the mood of character and viewer. The visionary landscapes are mesmerizing beautiful.

    The survival techniques the characters in the film achieve is unlike anything I've seen in film. Much like Kubrick in terms of directive style and character study, Tarkovsky puts the viewer in a kaleidoscopic landscape of mood and emotion. No clichés here though. I have not read the story which the movie is based upon, but from what I understand the characters in the film all develop a healing understanding of each other.

    That is when you know [as a viewer] that you will watch something unique and

    exceptional. If you are into complex, psychological science fiction in the same vain of say {The Andromeda Strain, Solaris, 2001:a space odyssey} than you shall enjoy "Stalker".
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    • brunojunior
    • Jun 28, 2004

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    FAQ12

    • Is the original Russian dialogue over-dubbed?
    • What is the drug that were injected in the opening scenes by the nightstands?
    • Is this movie based on a novel?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 15, 1980 (Finland)
    • 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 1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $292,049
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,537
      • Sep 15, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $395,274
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    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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