
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Known for ActingBorn 1934-08-30Died 1982-06-11Bogorodsk, 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 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.Read more
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There, Beyond the Horizon
1976 · Movie
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The Balloonist
1975 · Movie
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The Last Day of Winter
1975 · Movie
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The Mysterious Old Man
1981 · Movie
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Boomerang
1981 · Movie
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He Foretells Victory
1979 · Movie
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Stalker
1979 · Movie
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Trasa
1979 · Movie
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While the Mountains Still Stand...
1977 · Movie
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Mirror
1975 · Movie
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Andrei Rublev
1966 · Movie
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The Ascent
1977 · Movie
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Solaris
1972 · Movie
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To Remember
1993 · Series
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Trial on the Road
1986 · Movie
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Under a Stone Sky
1974 · Movie
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The Secret of the Notebook
1981 · Movie
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Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981 · Movie
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In the azure steppe
1971 · Movie
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The Kurt Clausewitz Case
1964 · Movie
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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1981 · Movie
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Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
1981 · Movie
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At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974 · Movie
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Peasants
1982 · Movie
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The Hat
1981 · Movie
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The Love of Mankind
1973 · Movie
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The Three Andreis
1966 · Movie
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The Turning Point
1978 · Movie
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The Legend of Till
1977 · Movie
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No Path Through Fire
1967 · Movie
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The Train Has Stopped
1982 · Movie
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The Prince and the Pauper
1972 · Movie
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Grandmaster
1973 · Movie
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The Bodyguard
1979 · Movie
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Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
1981 · Movie
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Yuliya Vrevskaya
1977 · Movie
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One Chance in One Thousand
1969 · Movie
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Trust
1976 · Movie
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Cash Collector's Bag
1977 · Movie

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Khatanbaatar
1981 · Movie

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People's Khatanbaatar
1981 · Movie

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Scattered Nest
1981 · Movie

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Between Sky and Earth
1976 · Movie

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Memory
1975 · Movie

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Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
1973 · Movie

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Notches For Memory
1973 · Movie

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Anyuta's Way
1968 · Movie