33° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
THINGS TO COME

STALKER

STALKER
by Andrei Tarkovsky
Country: URSS
Year: 1979
Duration: 163'


For unknown reasons, perhaps caused by a meteorite fall, the laws of physics have been disrupted in certain parts of the planet. Called the “Zones,” these areas are prohibited and cordoned off. A writer and a professor decide to enter a Zone, led by a “stalker,” an illegal guide, in search of the room where it seems wishes come true. Tarkovsky takes on dystopic and philosophical sci-fi, basing his film on the story Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers to construct a labyrinthine and captivating universe.

Biography

film director

Andrej Tarkovskij

FILMOGRAFIA

Ubijtsy (Gli uccisori, coregia/codirector Alexander Gordon, Marika Beiku, cm, 1958), Segodnja uvolnenija ne budet (Non cadranno foglie stasera, coregia/codirector Alexander Gordon, cm, 1959), Katok i Skripka (Il rullo compressore e il violino, cm, 1960), Ivanovo detstvo (L’infanzia di Ivan, 1962), Andrej Rublëv (id., 1966), Soljaris (Solaris, 1972), Zerkalo (Lo specchio, 1975), Stalker (id., 1979), Tempo di viaggio (coregia/codirector Tonino Guerra, 1983), Nostalghia (id., 1983), Offret (Sacrificio, 1986).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Andrej Tarkovskij
soggetto/story
dal romanzo Picnic sul ciglio della strada di/from the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkadij Strugackij, Boris Strugackij
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Arkadij Strugackij, Boris Strugackij, Andrei Tarkovskij
fotografia/cinematography
Aleksandr Kniazhinskij
montaggio/film editing
Lijudmila Feyginova
musica/music
Eduard Artemev
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Alisa Freijndlikh (Zhena Stalkera), Aleksandr Kaydanovskij (Stalker), Anatolj Solonitsijn (Pisatel), Nikolaij Grinko (il professore/professor)
produzione/production
Mosfilm
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