Principal cast
Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Mykola Hrynko and Natalya Abramova
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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.
About the film
Stalker at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1979 film at stop 131 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Aleksandr Knyazhinsky (director of photography), Leonid Kalashnikov (director of photography), Lyudmila Feiginova (editor), Eduard Artemyev (original music composer) and Andrei Tarkovsky (screenplay)
- Director
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Release
- 1979-05-25
- Runtime
- 162 minutes
- Genres
- Science Fiction and Drama
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Quiz
- 51 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 51 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
51 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Alisa FreyndlikhCharacter: Stalker's Wife
- Aleksandr KaydanovskiyCharacter: Stalker
- Anatoliy SolonitsynCharacter: Writer
- Mykola HrynkoCharacter: Professor
- Natalya AbramovaCharacter: Marta
- Faime JurnoCharacter: Writer's Companion
- Evgeniy KostinCharacter: Lyuger, Owner of Cafe
- Raimo RendiCharacter: Police Patrol
- Vladimir ZamanskiyCharacter: Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)
Full crew
Full crew
- Andrei TarkovskyCredits: Director, Screenplay, Production Design
- Aleksandra DemidovaCredits: Producer
- Lyudmila FeiginovaCredits: Editor
- Aleksandr KnyazhinskyCredits: Director of Photography
- Raisa LukinaCredits: Music Editor
- Arkadiy StrugatskiyCredits: Writer, Novel
- Willie GellerCredits: Production Manager
- Aleksandr BoymCredits: Production Design
- Mariya ChugunovaCredits: Assistant Director
- Rashit SafiullinCredits: Set Decoration
- Larisa TarkovskayaCredits: Assistant Director
- Nelli FominaCredits: Costume Design
- Vitaliy LvovCredits: Makeup Artist
- Shavkat AbdusalamovCredits: Art Direction
- Evgeny TsymbalCredits: Assistant Director
- Arvo IhoCredits: Assistant Director
- Leonid KalashnikovCredits: Director of Photography
- AleksanCredits: Production Design
- Vladlen SharunCredits: Sound Designer
- Konstantin LopushanskyCredits: Assistant Director
- Eduard ArtemyevCredits: Original Music Composer
- Arseny TarkovskyCredits: Poem, Author
- Boris StrugatskiyCredits: Writer, Novel
- Georgi RerbergCredits: Cinematography
- Nikolay VashchilinCredits: Stunts
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