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Stalker

Stalker

Science Fiction • 1979 • 2 hr 42 min
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8.3
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8.0

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.

Starring

Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, Natasha Abramova

Directed By

Andrei Tarkovsky

Written By

Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky, Boris Strugatskiy

Attributes

ComplexSlowDarkWatch By Myself

Genre

Science FictionDramaForeign

Release Date

January 17, 2014

User Reviews

Catarina Craveiro
Catarina Craveiro
It's slow, but really good. One of the best! The picture is well thought out and the color scheme really interesting. Interesting concept.
Sarah
Sarah
Complex, visually beautiful and so thought provoking
James White
James White
There’s not enough words allocated to say what I want to about this film, so all I’ll say is... Tarkovsky is the definition of an auteur.
Paul Gossett
Paul Gossett
Seems like typical late-Soviet nihilism early, but gets more interesting; an earnest, unique film. Avoids overindulgence in visual metaphor.
Connaisseur of Stuff
Connaisseur of Stuff
Strange and not at all action intensive still fascinating. It differs from the novel and keeps only parts of the concepts.
Jack Weaver
Jack Weaver
Methodical, beautiful, and thought provoking. A true masterpiece of film with heavy themes over theology and morality.
O G
O G
Intellectually on a film form level a masterpiece - but slow and opaque, definitely not for anywhere near a casual watch.
Hampus
Hampus
Pretentious as fuck. But very capturing and it makes you think. Very beautiful too.
Er
Er
If you wanna watch Cinema, you need to watch this.
Jonathan Maurice
Jonathan Maurice
The glacial pace may be off-putting to the average viewer, but it's an essential texture in the uncanny tapestry unrolling sumptuously ahead

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254 (4%)
480 (8%)
1,458 (25%)
3,759 (63%)
8.3 – Based on 5.9k ratings
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Cast & Crew

Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei
Tarkovsky
Alisa Freyndlikh
Alisa
Freyndlikh
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Aleksandr
Kaydanovskiy
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Anatoliy
Solonitsyn
Nikolay Grinko
Nikolay
Grinko
Natasha Abramova
Natasha
Abramova
Faime Jurno
Faime
Jurno
Evgeniy Kostin
Evgeniy
Kostin
Raymo Rendi
Raymo
Rendi
Vladimir Zamanskiy
Vladimir
Zamanskiy
Arkadiy Strugatskiy
Arkadiy
Strugatskiy
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei
Tarkovsky
Boris Strugatskiy
Boris
Strugatskiy

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