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Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Actor

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

30 Aug 1934Born
11 Jun 1982Died
47Age at death
45Credits

Biography

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.

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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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Filmography

  1. 1993To RememberSeries: archivefootage (1 episode)
  2. 1986Trial on the RoadFilm: Petushkov
  3. 1982The Train Has StoppedFilm: Malinin, a journalist
  4. 1982PeasantsFilm: artist
  5. 1981Scattered NestFilm: Neznakomiy strannik
  6. 1981The Secret of the NotebookFilm: Martyn Martynych
  7. 1981Agony: The Life and Death of RasputinFilm: Colonel
  8. 1981BoomerangFilm: McClain - sheriff
  9. 1981The Mysterious Old ManFilm
  10. 1981Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikhFilm: Tolik Chikin
  11. 1981Sergey Ivanovich RetiresFilm
  12. 1981The HatFilm: Anya's stepfather
  13. 1981Twenty Six Days in the Life of DostoevskyFilm: Fyodor Dostoevsky
  14. 1981KhatanbaatarFilm: Bakich
  15. 1981People's KhatanbaatarFilm: Bakich
  16. 1979He Foretells VictoryFilm
  17. 1979StalkerFilm: Writer
  18. 1979TrasaFilm: Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
  19. 1979The BodyguardFilm: Sultan Nazar
  20. 1978The Turning PointFilm: Kostik
  21. 1977Cash Collector's BagFilm: Ivan Timofeyevich
  22. 1977Yuliya VrevskayaFilm: Mikhail Pavlov
  23. 1977The Legend of ThylFilm: Fishmonger
  24. 1977The AscentFilm: Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
  25. 1977While the Mountains Still Stand...Film: следователь
  26. 1976There, Beyond the HorizonFilm: Bochazhnikov
  27. 1976TrustFilm: Bochazhnikov
  28. 1976Between Sky and EarthFilm
  29. 1975The BalloonistFilm
  30. 1975The Last Day of WinterFilm: Соловцов
  31. 1975MirrorFilm: Forensic Doctor
  32. 1975MemoryFilm
  33. 1974At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His OwnFilm: Sarychev
  34. 1974Under a Stone SkyFilm: Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
  35. 1973GrandmasterFilm
  36. 1973Notches For MemoryFilm
  37. 1973The Love of MankindFilm: Dmitry Kalmykov
  38. 1972SolarisFilm: Dr. Sartorius
  39. 1972The Prince and the PauperFilm: лорд Сент-Джон
  40. 1971In the azure steppeFilm
  41. 1969One Chance in One ThousandFilm: Captain Migunko
  42. 1968Anyuta's WayFilm: Stepan - head of the food detachment, Chief
  43. 1967No Path Through FireFilm: Commissar Yevstryukov
  44. 1966Andrei RublevFilm: Andrei Rublev
  45. 1964The Kurt Clausewitz CaseFilm

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