Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Acting
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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Date of Birth:
1934-08-30
Country:
Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Media of
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
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Filmography of
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Igor Leonidovich Petushkov
... 1986
Malinin, a journalist
... 1982
Neznakomiy strannik
... 1981
Martyn Martynych
... 1981
... 1981
Pavlik's father
... 1981
McClain - sheriff
... 1981
... 1981
Tolik Chikin
... 1981
... 1981
Anya's stepfather
... 1981
Fyodor Dostoevsky
... 1981
Bakich
... 1981
Bakich
... 1981
... 1979
Writer
... 1979
Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
... 1979
Sultan Nazar
... 1979
Kostik
... 1978
Ivan Timofeyevich
... 1977
Mikhail Pavlov
... 1977
Fishmonger
... 1977
Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов
... 1977
следователь
... 1977
Bochazhnikov
... 1976
Bochazhnikov
... 1976
... 1976
... 1975
Соловцов
... 1975
Forensic Doctor
... 1975
... 1975
... 1974
Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
... 1974
... 1973
... 1973
Self
... 1973
Dmitry Kalmykov
... 1972
Dr. Sartorius
... 1972
лорд Сент-Джон
... 1972
... 1971
Captain Migunko
... 1968
Stepan - head of the food detachment
... 1968
Chief
... 1968
Commissar Yevstryukov
... 1967
Self
... 1966
Andrei Rublev
... 1966
... 1964