Stalker (1979)

05/25/1979 (SU) • 2h 42m

Science Fiction, Drama

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.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh

Stalker's Wife

Mykola Hrynko

Professor

Faime Jurno

Writer's Companion

Evgeniy Kostin

Lyuger, Owner of Cafe

Raimo Rendi

Police Patrol

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$120,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

guard

wish

stalker

alien

strugatsky

writer

soldier

existentialism

zone

beautifully filmed

escritor

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