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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.
Known For
Stalker
as Writer
Solaris
as Dr. Sartorius
Andrei Rublev
as Andrei Rublev
Mirror
as Forensic Doctor
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
as Colonel
The Ascent
as Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
as Сарычев
The Legend of Till
as Fishmonger
No Path Through Fire
as Commissar Yevstryukov
The Turning Point
as Kostik
