Stalker
Science Fiction
Drama
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1979-05-25
Runtime:
2h 42m
Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Writer:
Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky, Boris Strugatskiy
Top Cast
Alisa Freyndlikh
Stalker's Wife
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Writer
Nikolay Grinko
Professor
Natalya Abramova
Marta
Faime Jurno
Writer's Companion
Evgeniy Kostin
Lyuger, Owner of Cafe
Raimo Rendi
Police Patrol
Vladimir Zamanskiy
Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)
Official Videos
Mark Kermode reviews Stalker (1979) | BFI Player
Janus Films Trailer
Geoff Dyer on STALKER
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