Stalker (1979)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 42min
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- 17 Apr 1980 (Netherlands)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Alisa Freyndlikh | ... |
Zhena Stalkera
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy | ... |
Stalker
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn | ... |
Pisatel
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Nikolay Grinko | ... |
Professor
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Natalya Abramova | ... |
Marta, doch Stalkera
(as Natasha Abramova)
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Faime Jurno | ... |
Sobesednitsa Pisatelya
(as F. Yurna)
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E. Kostin | ... |
Lyuger, khozyain kafe
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Raimo Rendi | ... |
Patrulnyy politseyskiy
(as R. Rendi)
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Sergey Yakovlev | ... |
Professor (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky |
Written by
Arkadiy Strugatskiy | ... | (novel "Piknik na obochine") & |
Boris Strugatskiy | ... | (novel "Piknik na obochine") |
Arkadiy Strugatskiy | ... | (screenplay) & |
Boris Strugatskiy | ... | (screenplay) |
Andrei Tarkovsky | ... | (screenplay) (uncredited) |
Arseniy Tarkovskiy | ... | (poems) |
Produced by
Aleksandra Demidova | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Eduard Artemyev | ... | (as Eduard Artemev) |
Cinematography by
Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy | ||
Georgi Rerberg | ... | (1977) |
Leonid Kalashnikov | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
Lyudmila Feyginova |
Editorial Department
Tatyana Alekseeva | ... | assistant editor (as T. Alekseeva) |
Bozhena Maslennikova | ... | colorist (as T. Maslennikova) |
Tatiana Maslennikova | ... | color grader |
Production Design by
Aleksandr Boym | ||
Andrei Tarkovsky |
Art Direction by
Shavkat Abdusalamov | ... | (uncredited) |
Set Decoration by
Rashit Safiullin |
Costume Design by
Nelli Fomina | ... | (as Nina Fomina) |
Makeup Department
Vitaliy Lvov | ... | key makeup artist (as V. Lvov) |
Production Management
Tamara Aleksandrovskaya | ... | assistant production manager (as T. Aleksandrovskaya) |
Willie Geller | ... | production manager (as V. Geller) |
Vladimir Mosenkov | ... | assistant production manager (as V. Mosenkov) |
Vera Vdovina | ... | assistant production manager (as V. Vdovina) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arayk Agoronyan | ... | trainee assistant director (as A. Agoronian) |
Mariya Chugunova | ... | assistant director (as M. Chugunova) |
Larisa Tarkovskaya | ... | assistant director |
Evgeniy Tsymbal | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
A. Merkulov | ... | construction coordinator |
Evgeniy Tsymbal | ... | property assistant |
Jean-Michel Folon | ... | poster designer: France (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Vladimir Sharun | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Sergey Bessmertniy | ... | second camera technician |
Nonna Fudim | ... | camera operator |
Ivan Gekoff | ... | steadicam operator |
Lev Kazmin | ... | electrician |
Vadim Murashko | ... | still photographer (as V. Murashko) |
Sergei Naugolnykh | ... | camera operator (as S. Naugolnykh) |
Grigory Verkhovsky | ... | assistant camera |
Sergey Zaytsev | ... | assistant camera (as Sergei Zajtsev) |
Location Management
Arvo Iho | ... | location scout: Estonia (uncredited) |
Oskar-Martin Vedru | ... | location manager: railroad-specific scenes (uncredited) |
Music Department
Emin Khachaturyan | ... | conductor |
Raisa Lukina | ... | music editor |
Script and Continuity Department
Anatoliy Stepanov | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Olegar Fedoro | ... | body double: Aleksandr Kajdanovsky |
Konstantin Lopushanskiy | ... | production assistant |
Mickey Cottrell | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Arvo Iho | ... | production assistant: Andrei Tarkovsky (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Mosfilm (1979) (Soviet Union) (theatrical)
- Consorzio Italiano Distributori Indipendenti Film (CIDIF) (1981) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Alta Films (1984) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Darelcine (1981) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Films sans Frontières (2016) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Janus Films (2017) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Kosmos-Filmi (1980) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Media Transactions (1982) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Potemkine Films (2017) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Progress Film-Verleih (1981) (East Germany) (theatrical)
- Seagull Films (2006) (United States) (theatrical)
- Svensk Filmindustri (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Another World Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (DVD)
- Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (Czechia)
- Atlantic Film (2015) (Finland) (DVD) (1-disc edition)
- Capitol Video (1988) (Finland) (VHS)
- Contemporary Films (1990) (United Kingdom)
- Continental Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
- Empresa Hispanoamericana de Video (EHV) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Filmjuwelen (2023) (Germany) (DVD) (Andrej Tarkowskij Edition)
- Finnkino (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (2-disc edition)
- General Video (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Icestorm Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
- Kino Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1989) (Finland) (tv) (as MTV1)
- RUSCICO (2004) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet (1999) (Sweden) (VHS)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1997) (Finland) (tv)
- trigon-film (2013) (Austria) (special edition)
- trigon-film (2013) (Germany) (special edition)
- trigon-film (2013) (Switzerland) (special edition)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cannes Film Festival (festival)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In a small, unnamed country there's an area called the Zone. It's an unusual area, and within its a place known as the Room, where it's believed wishes are granted. The government declared The Zone a no-go area and have sealed it off. This hasn't stopped people from entering the Zone. A writer, and a professor, want to reach the Zone. Their guide - a man known as a stalker, has a special relation with the Zone. Written by grantss |
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Taglines | 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. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | RUR1,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Andrei Tarkovsky spent about a year shooting all of the exterior scenes. The first part of this shoot was done over the spring and summer of 1977 with cinematographer Georgi Rerberg, using a new Kodak 5247 film stock provided by movie producer Sergio Gambarov. However, after developing these negatives, they came back with an unwatchable shade of dark green. According to the film's sound technician Vladimir Sharun, Tarkovsky always claimed that the movie was sabotaged by one of his enemies, a "well-known Soviet film director": the Kodak 5247 stock was reportedly stolen, and ended up in the hands of this director, while Tarkovsky unknowingly got a regular Kodak stock in return that was then developed incorrectly. Sharun, however, attributed the problem on "the usual Russian sloppiness", as the Kodak 5247 was newer to Soviet laboratories at the time, who didn't know how to properly process it. The disaster proved to be the final straw for Rerberg, who got the blame for the incident and walked off (or was released from) the film, so Tarkovsky had to shoot most of the film again with a new cinematographer, Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy. This contributed to the film's two-part narrative structure. Allegedly, the newly shot footage strayed even farther away from the source novel 'Roadside Picnic', and had a different look. Asked about this, director Tarkovsky said "no mother gives birth to the same child twice." See more » |
Goofs | At about 23 minutes, when Stalker, writer and professor are driving in their car they have to hide for a motorcyclist. In the scene the motorcyclist comes from the right. From an opposite angle of view, he still comes from the right, where it should have been from the left. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Distant (2002). See more » |
Soundtracks | La Marseillaise See more » |
Quotes |
Stalker:
May everything come true. May they believe. And may they laugh at their passions. For what they call passion is not really the energy of the soul, but merely friction between the soul and the outside world. But, above all, may they believe in themselves and become as helpless as children. For softness is great and strength is worthless. When a man is born, he is soft and pliable. When he dies, he is strong and hard. When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life. That which has become hard shall not triumph. See more » |