Andrei Tarkovsky
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Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and met
Tarkovsky on a Russian stamp
Monument to Andrei Tarkovsky at entrance of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Andrei and Larisa Tarkovsky's grave, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in France
Stalker (1979 film)
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Stalker is a 1979 Soviet science fantasy film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky with a screenplay written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, loosely based on their 1972 novel Roadside Picnic. The film tells t
Andrei Tarkovsky
…subsequently directed his first five features in the Soviet Union: Ivan's Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1972), Mirror (1975), and Stalker (1979). After years of creative conflict with state film authorities, he left the country in 1979 and made his final two films—Nostalghia (1983) and…
Original release poster
One of the deserted hydro power plants near Tallinn, Estonia, where the central part of Stalker was shot
Azerbaijani tar is used in the Stalker theme.