Anatoliy Solonitsyn

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Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Acting August 30, 1934

Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (August 30, 1934, Bogorodsk – June 11, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of remarkable intensity and philosophical depth, best known for his collabo…

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Stalker

Stalker

8.1 1979 Movie
Solaris

Solaris

7.8 1972 Movie
Mirror

Mirror

7.9 1975 Movie
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

7.9 1966 Movie
The Ascent

The Ascent

7.9 1977 Movie
To Remember

To Remember

7.0 1993 TV Show
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

6.6 1974 Movie
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

6.7 1981 Movie
Trial on the Road

Trial on the Road

7.0 1986 Movie
Peasants

Peasants

6.3 1982 Movie
No Path Through Fire

No Path Through Fire

5.8 1967 Movie
The Train Has Stopped

The Train Has Stopped

5.5 1982 Movie

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Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (August 30, 1934, Bogorodsk – June 11, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of remarkable intensity and philosophical depth, best known for his collaborations with Andrei Tarkovsky. Born in 1934 in Bogorodsk, he became the face of inner struggle and metaphysical searching in Soviet cinema, most famously portraying Andrei Rublev, the tormented painter of icons, and the introspective Writer in Stalker. Solonitsyn’s performances were marked by a quiet magnetism—his stoic presence and penetrating gaze gave form to Tarkovsky’s spiritual explorations. Though he appeared in a range of Soviet films, his legacy is inseparable from Tarkovsky’s cinema, where he embodied characters wrestling with art, faith, and the weight of history. His life was cut short in 1982 by cancer, yet his work remains timeless—an imprint of the soul etched in celluloid.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1993
    To Remember

    TV show archivefootage

  2. 1986
    Trial on the Road

    Movie Petushkov

  3. 1982
    The Train Has Stopped

    Movie Malinin, a journalist

  4. 1982
    Peasants

    Movie artist

  5. 1981
    Scattered Nest

    Movie Neznakomiy strannik

  6. 1981
    The Secret of the Notebook

    Movie Martyn Martynych

  7. 1981
    Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

    Movie Colonel

  8. 1981
    Boomerang

    Movie McClain - sheriff

  9. 1981
    Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh

    Movie Tolik Chikin

  10. 1981
    The Mysterious Old Man

    Movie

  11. 1981
    Sergey Ivanovich Retires

    Movie

  12. 1981
    The Hat

    Movie Anya's stepfather

  13. 1981
    Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky

    Movie Fyodor Dostoevsky

  14. 1981
    Khatanbaatar

    Movie Bakich

  15. 1981
    People's Khatanbaatar

    Movie Bakich

  16. 1979
    He Foretells Victory

    Movie

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  1. 1979
    Stalker

    Movie Writer

  2. 1979
    Trasa

    Movie Lev Nikolayevich Slivin

  3. 1979
    The Bodyguard

    Movie Sultan Nazar

  4. 1978
    The Turning Point

    Movie Kostik

  5. 1977
    Cash Collector's Bag

    Movie Ivan Timofeyevich

  6. 1977
    Yuliya Vrevskaya

    Movie Mikhail Pavlov

  7. 1977
    The Legend of Thyl

    Movie Fishmonger

  8. 1977
    The Ascent

    Movie Portnov, collaborationist interrogator

  9. 1977
    While the Mountains Still Stand...

    Movie следователь

  10. 1976
    There, Beyond the Horizon

    Movie Bochazhnikov

  11. 1976
    Trust

    Movie Bochazhnikov

  12. 1976
    Between Sky and Earth

    Movie

  13. 1975
    The Balloonist

    Movie

  14. 1975
    The Last Day of Winter

    Movie Соловцов

  15. 1975
    Mirror

    Movie Forensic Doctor

  16. 1975
    Memory

    Movie

  17. 1974
    At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

    Movie Sarychev

  18. 1974
    Under a Stone Sky

    Movie Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)

  19. 1973
    Grandmaster

    Movie

  20. 1973
    Notches For Memory

    Movie

  21. 1973
    Oh, Cinema, Cinema!

    Movie Self

  22. 1973
    The Love of Mankind

    Movie Dmitry Kalmykov

  23. 1972
    Solaris

    Movie Dr. Sartorius

  24. 1972
    The Prince and the Pauper

    Movie лорд Сент-Джон