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A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. Director:Andrei Tarkovsky |
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Cast
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Alisa Freyndlikh | ... |
Zhena Stalkera
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy | ... | |
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn | ... |
Pisatel
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Nikolay Grinko | ... |
Professor
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Natasha Abramova | ... |
Marta, doch Stalkera
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Faime Jurno | ... |
Sobesednitsa Pisatelya
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E. Kostin | ... |
Lyuger, khozyain kafe
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R. Rendi | ... |
Patrulnyy politseyskiy
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Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's numerous objections, a man rises in the dead of night: he's a stalker, one of a handful who have the mental gifts (and who risk imprisonment) to lead people into the Zone to the Room, a place where one's secret hopes come true. That night, he takes two people into the Zone: a popular writer who is burned out, cynical, and questioning his genius; and a quiet scientist more concerned about his knapsack than the journey. In the deserted Zone, the approach to the Room must be indirect. As they draw near, the rules seem to change and the stalker faces a crisis. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
Soviet UnionLanguage:
RussianRelease Date:
17 April 1980 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
RUR 6,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
| (2002 DVD)Sound Mix:
MonoAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Stalker's Wife: [sub-titled from Russian] Why did you take my watch?
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The insignia on the police officers' helmet features two letters: AT, the initials of the director, Andrei Tarkovsky. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Stalker's Wife: [sub-titled from Russian] Why did you take my watch?
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Some have claimed that "Stalker" is not a science fiction film. I'd say it's more of a science fiction film than most of what Hollywood passes off as part of the genre, most of which are simply action films with a sci-fi bent. Stalker is science fiction in the vein of the genres greatest writers like Phillip K. Dick and Stanislaw Lem. It's pure science fiction, based on science, metaphysics and speculation, not some action fantasy or space opera that fits into the genre on the technicality that it takes place "in the future" or "a long, long time ago". The film is slow...very slow but it has to be to put you into the mindset of the film. After the opening 30 minutes the pacing actually draws you into the film in a more personal way more than any Cyborg-post-apocalyptic-hell crap Hollywood could spew out. This film is truly sci-fi, and truly great sci-fi.