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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 85/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 160 1970s science fiction movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 42m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic85/100
2,593 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrei TarkovskyDirector
- Arkadiy StrugatskiyWriter
- Andrei TarkovskyScreenplay
- Eduard ArtemyevOriginal Music Composer
- Boris StrugatskiyWriter
Cast
- Alisa FreyndlikhStalker's Wife
- Aleksandr KaydanovskiyStalker
- Anatoliy SolonitsynWriter
- Mykola HrynkoProfessor
- Natalya AbramovaMarta
- Faime JurnoWriter's Companion
- Evgeniy KostinLyuger, Owner of Cafe
- Raimo RendiPolice Patrol
- Vladimir ZamanskiyProfessor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)
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