Stalker

Stalker (1979)

PG
02/12/1980 (GB)
Science Fiction, Drama
2h 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.

  • Andrei TarkovskyDirector, Screenplay
  • Arkadiy StrugatskiyWriter
  • Boris StrugatskiyWriter
  • Original Title

    Сталкер

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

  • Budget

    $120,000

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • guard
  • wish
  • stalker
  • alien
  • strugatsky
  • writer
  • soldier
  • existentialism
  • zone
  • beautifully filmed

Top Billed Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Stalker's Wife

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Stalker

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Writer

Nikolay Grinko

Nikolay Grinko

Professor

Natalya Abramova

Natalya Abramova

Marta

Faime Jurno

Faime Jurno

Writer's Companion

Evgeniy Kostin

Lyuger, Owner of Cafe

Raimo Rendi

Police Patrol

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)

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