Stalker (1979)
Original title: Сталкер
Stalker is a 1979 Russian-language science fiction movie directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a running time of 2h 42m. It stars Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy and Anatoliy Solonitsyn.
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
- Alisa Freyndlikh as Stalker's Wife
- Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy as Stalker
- Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Writer
- Mykola Hrynko as Professor
- Natalya Abramova as Marta
- Faime Jurno as Writer's Companion
- Evgeniy Kostin as Lyuger, Owner of Cafe
- Raimo Rendi as Police Patrol
- Vladimir Zamanskiy as Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)