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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Trial on the Road
Character:Igor Leonidovich Petushkov
Release Date:01/04/1986
The Train Has Stopped
Character:Malinin, a journalist
Release Date:03/08/1982
Scattered Nest
Character:Neznakomiy strannik
Release Date:24/12/1981
The Secret of the Notebook
Character:Martyn Martynych
Release Date:21/12/1981
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Character:Colonel
Release Date:01/09/1981
Peasants
Character:Pavlik's father
Release Date:06/06/1981
Boomerang
Character:McClain - sheriff
Release Date:25/05/1981
The Mysterious Old Man
Character:
Release Date:18/05/1981
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
Character:Tolik Chikin
Release Date:18/05/1981
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Character:
Release Date:20/04/1981
The Hat
Character:Anya's stepfather
Release Date:19/03/1981
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
Character:Fyodor Dostoevsky
Release Date:02/02/1981
Khatanbaatar
Character:Bakich
Release Date:29/01/1981
People's Khatanbaatar
Character:Bakich
Release Date:28/01/1981
He Foretells Victory
Character:
Release Date:03/09/1979
Stalker
Character:Writer
Release Date:25/05/1979
Trasa
Character:Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
Release Date:23/02/1979
The Bodyguard
Character:Sultan Nazar
Release Date:01/01/1979
The Turning Point
Character:Kostik
Release Date:09/04/1978
Cash Collector's Bag
Character:Ivan Timofeyevich
Release Date:01/12/1977
Yuliya Vrevskaya
Character:Mikhail Pavlov
Release Date:02/10/1977
The Legend of Till
Character:Fishmonger
Release Date:03/04/1977
The Ascent
Character:Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов
Release Date:02/04/1977
While the Mountains Still Stand...
Character:следователь
Release Date:01/04/1977
There, Beyond the Horizon
Character:Bochazhnikov
Release Date:13/12/1976
Trust
Character:Bochazhnikov
Release Date:21/04/1976
Between Sky and Earth
Character:
Release Date:12/04/1976
The Balloonist
Character:
Release Date:06/10/1975
The Last Day of Winter
Character:Соловцов
Release Date:14/03/1975
Mirror
Character:Forensic Doctor
Release Date:07/03/1975
Memory
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1975
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Character:Сарычев
Release Date:11/11/1974
Under a Stone Sky
Character:Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
Release Date:25/10/1974
Grandmaster
Character:
Release Date:13/08/1973
Notches For Memory
Character:
Release Date:23/06/1973
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1973
The Love of Mankind
Character:Dmitry Kalmykov
Release Date:08/01/1973
Solaris
Character:Dr. Sartorius
Release Date:20/03/1972
The Prince and the Pauper
Character:лорд Сент-Джон
Release Date:01/02/1972
In the azure steppe
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1971
One Chance in One Thousand
Character:Captain Migunko
Release Date:29/05/1969
Анютина дорога
Character:Stepan - head of the food detachment
Release Date:13/05/1968
Анютина дорога
Character:Chief
Release Date:13/05/1968
No Path Through Fire
Character:Commissar Yevstryukov
Release Date:25/12/1967
The Three Andreis
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1966
Andrei Rublev
Character:Andrei Rublev
Release Date:16/12/1966
The Kurt Clausewitz Case
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1964
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