Stalker

8.1 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 2h 42m
Science Fiction Drama
Stalker

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.

Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh Alisa Freyndlikh Stalker's Wife
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn Anatoliy Solonitsyn Writer
Mykola Hrynko Mykola Hrynko Professor
Natalya Abramova Natalya Abramova Marta
Faime Jurno Faime Jurno Writer's Companion
Evgeniy Kostin Lyuger, Owner of Cafe
Raimo Rendi Police Patrol

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Vibes

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Stalker

Annihilation
Annihilation 2018
Mysterious zones that change everything. The trip in is easy. The trip out changes you. Arrival
Arrival 2016
Journeys toward the unknowable. Two films that move slowly and change you permanently. Under the Skin
Under the Skin 2013
Alien zones. Two films about beings in environments where nothing works the way it should. Solaris
Solaris 1972
Tarkovsky double bill. Two science fiction films that use the genre to explore the deepest questions about human consciousness.

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