
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
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.
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Credits
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To Remember 1993archivefootage★ 7
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Trial on the Road 1986Igor Leonidovich Petushkov★ 6.9
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Malinin, a journalist★ 5.4
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Martyn Martynych★ 5
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Colonel★ 6.6
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Peasants 1981Pavlik's father★ 6.4
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Boomerang 1981McClain - sheriff★ 9
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★ NR
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Tolik Chikin★ 6.2
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★ 6.5
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The Hat 1981Anya's stepfather★ 5.8
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Fyodor Dostoevsky★ 4.5
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Khatanbaatar 1981Bakich★ NR
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Bakich★ NR
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He Foretells Victory 1979★ 9
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Stalker 1979Writer★ 8.1
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Trasa 1979Lev Nikolayevich Slivin★ NR
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The Bodyguard 1979Sultan Nazar★ 4.5
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The Turning Point 1978Kostik★ 5.7
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Cash Collector's Bag 1977Ivan Timofeyevich★ 3.5
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Yuliya Vrevskaya 1977Mikhail Pavlov★ 3.3
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The Legend of Till 1977Fishmonger★ 4.7
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The Ascent 1977Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов★ 7.8
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следователь★ 6
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Bochazhnikov★ NR
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Trust 1976Bochazhnikov★ 3.5
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★ NR
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The Balloonist 1975★ NR
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Соловцов★ NR
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Mirror 1975Forensic Doctor★ 8
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Memory 1975★ NR
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Сарычев★ 6.5
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Under a Stone Sky 1974Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)★ 7
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Grandmaster 1973★ 4.3
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Notches For Memory 1973★ NR
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Oh, Cinema, Cinema! 1973Self★ NR
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The Love of Mankind 1972Dmitry Kalmykov★ 3.7
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Solaris 1972Dr. Sartorius★ 7.8
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лорд Сент-Джон★ 5
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In the azure steppe 1971★ NR
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Captain Migunko★ 3.5
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Анютина дорога 1968Stepan - head of the food detachment★ NR
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No Path Through Fire 1967Commissar Yevstryukov★ 5.6
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The Three Andreis 1966Self★ 6
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Andrei Rublev 1966Andrei Rublev★ 8
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