Stalker
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.
At a glance
Countries
Soviet Union
Ratings
TMDB users
8.1/10
2,498 votes
IMDb
8.0/10
Users
Critics
100%Rotten Tomatoes
85Metacritic
Rating consensus
86/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic
Warm reception overall — weighted ~86/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.
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)
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Stalker (1979)
Andrei Tarkovsky
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