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25/05/1979 Science Fiction, Drama 2h 42m
80
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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.

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.

  1. Andrei Tarkovsky

    Director

  2. Arkadiy Strugatskiy

    Writer

  3. Boris Strugatskiy

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Alisa Freyndlikh

    Stalker's Wife

  2. Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

    Stalker

  3. Anatoliy Solonitsyn

    Writer

  4. Mykola Hrynko

    Professor

  5. Natalya Abramova

    Marta

  6. Faime Jurno

    Writer's Companion

  7. Evgeniy Kostin

    Lyuger, Owner of Cafe

  8. Raimo Rendi

    Police Patrol

  9. Vladimir Zamanskiy

    Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CarsonTrent
Written by CarsonTrent on 2025-12-23
**Metaphysical themes explored in Stalker**

The three main characters are Archetypes: Writer, Professor (scientist) and Stalker (seeker).

One is the Stalker which is the seeker, a man searching for redemption which has faith ( Faith is an unreserved opening of one's mind to whatever the truth turns out to be / opposed to belief which is opening up to the truth as long as it fits with preconceived ideas and wishes). Stalker lives in a polluted industrial town which represents technological development of Man, with its positive and negative aspects, such as his paraplegic daughter which ma...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$120,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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