This movie is like an onion, has multiple layers. To understand it, you have to be very careful and pacient. You have to focus on movie and not doing anything else while you watch it, because if you don't, you won't understand it. http://cinematol.ro/pareri-filme-stalker-calauza-1979/
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.
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 Cast
Alisa Freyndlikh
Stalker's Wife
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Writer
Mykola Hrynko
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)
Reviews
This really is the cinematic equivalent of "be careful for you wish for". Two characters - a teacher and a professor, seek out a "stalker" who can lead them through the maze of challenges that culminates in an heavily restricted area know as the zone. Why? Rumour has it, that when in that zone you may make wishes that will immediately come true. What is this place? Is it real, imaginary, alien, all of these - or it…
**More style than content.** This was my first contact with the cinematographic work of Andrei Tarkovsky, a Soviet filmmaker who would end his career outside his native country when he fell into disgrace for allegedly spending too much money on films that were not worthy of the expense. A regrettable attitude, but typical of countries that prefer to spend money on missiles than on support for culture and…
**Metaphysical themes explored in Stalker** The three main characters are Archetypes: Writer, Professor (scientist) and Stalker (seeker). One is the Stalker which is the seeker, a man searching for redemption which has faith ( Faith is an unreserved opening of one's mind to whatever the truth turns out to be / opposed to belief which is opening up to the truth as long as it fits with preconceived ideas and…
FAQ about Stalker
What is Stalker about?
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.
When was Stalker released?
Stalker was released in 1979.
What genres does Stalker belong to?
Stalker is categorised as Science Fiction, Drama.
Who stars in Stalker?
The cast of Stalker includes Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Mykola Hrynko, Natalya Abramova.