Stalker

1979 · directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Rating
97/100
Hit
yes
Prestige lists
BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250, Criterion

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.

Stalker (1979), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, rates 97/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Alisa Freyndlikh
  • Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
  • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
  • Mykola Hrynko
  • Natalya Abramova
  • Faime Jurno
  • Evgeniy Kostin
  • Raimo Rendi
  • Vladimir Zamanskiy

Crew

  • Aleksandr Knyazhinsky — Director of Photography
  • Leonid Kalashnikov — Director of Photography
  • Lyudmila Feiginova — Editor
  • Eduard Artemyev — Original Music Composer
  • Andrei Tarkovsky — Screenplay
  • Arkadiy Strugatskiy — Writer
  • Boris Strugatskiy — Writer

More from Andrei Tarkovsky

  1. Andrei Rublev (1966) — 98/100 · hit
  2. Mirror (1975) — 96/100 · hit
  3. Solaris (1972) — 88/100 · hit
  4. Ivan's Childhood (1962) — 87/100 · hit
  5. The Sacrifice (1986) — 81/100 · hit
  6. Nostalgia (1983) — 80/100 · hit

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