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. 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.
Acted in 45
1980s
- 1986
Trial on the Road
Petushkov
- 1982
The Train Has Stopped
Malinin, a journalist
Peasants
Artist
- 1981
Scattered Nest
Neznakomiy strannik
The Secret of the Notebook
Martyn Martynych
Boomerang
McClain - sheriff
The Mysterious Old Man
Movie
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
Tolik Chikin
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Movie
The Hat
Anya's stepfather
26 Days of Dostoyevsky's Life
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Khatanbaatar
Bakich
People's Khatanbaatar
Bakich
1970s
- 1979
He Foretells Victory
Movie
Trasa
Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
The Bodyguard
Sultan Nazar
- 1978
The Turning Point
Kostik
- 1977
Cash Collector's Bag
Ivan Timofeyevich
Yuliya Vrevskaya
Mikhail Pavlov
The Legend of Thyl
Fishmonger
While the Mountains Still Stand...
следователь
- 1976
There, Beyond the Horizon
Bochazhnikov
Trust
Bochazhnikov
Between Sky and Earth
Movie
- 1975
The Balloonist
Movie
The Last Day of Winter
Соловцов
Memory
Movie
- 1974
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Sarychev
Under a Stone Sky
Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
- 1973
Grandmaster
Movie
Notches For Memory
Movie
The Love of Mankind
Dmitry Kalmykov
- 1972
The Prince and the Pauper
лорд Сент-Джон
- 1971
In the azure steppe
Movie
1960s
- 1969
One Chance in One Thousand
Captain Migunko
- 1968
Anyuta's Way
Stepan - head of the food detachment, Chief
- 1967
No Path Through Fire
Commissar Yevstryukov
- 1966
- 1964
The Kurt Clausewitz Case
Movie
Appearances2
1970s
- 1973
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
Self
1960s
- 1966
The Three Andreis
Self