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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.”
8.1 / 10• 1979• 2h 42m•NR• Russian
Science FictionDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Alisa Freyndlikh
Stalker's Wife
Lead
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Writer
Mykola Hrynko
Professor
Natalya Abramova
Marta
Faime Jurno
Writer's Companion
EK
Evgeniy Kostin
Lyuger, Owner of Cafe
RR
Raimo Rendi
Police Patrol
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrei Tarkovsky's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Stalker is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
