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Stalker (1979)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Profile picture of Alisa Freyndlikh
    Stalker's Wife Alisa Freyndlikh
  • Profile picture of Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
    Stalker Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
  • Profile picture of Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Writer Anatoliy Solonitsyn
  • Profile picture of Nikolay Grinko
    Professor Nikolay Grinko
  • Profile picture of Natalya Abramova
    Marta Natalya Abramova
  • Profile picture of Faime Jurno
    Writer's Companion Faime Jurno
  • Profile picture of Vladimir Zamanskiy
    Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited) Vladimir Zamanskiy

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  • philosophical
  • beautifully filmed