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.
Known for
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tvTo Remember
1993
archivefootage
movieTrial on the Road
1986
Petushkov
movieThe Train Has Stopped
1982
Malinin, a journalist
moviePeasants
1982
artist
movieScattered Nest
1981
Neznakomiy strannik
movieThe Secret of the Notebook
1981
Martyn Martynych
movieBoomerang
1981
McClain - sheriff
movieIz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
1981
Tolik Chikin
movieThe Hat
1981
Anya's stepfather
movieTwenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
1981
Fyodor Dostoevsky
movieKhatanbaatar
1981
Bakich
movieStalker
1979
Writer
movieTrasa
1979
Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
movieThe Bodyguard
1979
Sultan Nazar
movieCash Collector's Bag
1977
Ivan Timofeyevich
movieYuliya Vrevskaya
1977
Mikhail Pavlov
movieThe Legend of Till
1977
Fishmonger
movieThe Ascent
1977
Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
movieWhile the Mountains Still Stand...
1977
следователь
movieThere, Beyond the Horizon
1976
Bochazhnikov
movieTrust
1976
Bochazhnikov
movieThe Last Day of Winter
1975
Соловцов
movieMirror
1975
Forensic Doctor
movieUnder a Stone Sky
1974
Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
movieThe Love of Mankind
1973
Dmitry Kalmykov
movieSolaris
1972
Dr. Sartorius
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1972
лорд Сент-Джон
movieOne Chance in One Thousand
1969
Captain Migunko
movieAnyuta's Way
1968
Stepan - head of the food detachment / Chief
movieNo Path Through Fire
1967
Commissar Yevstryukov
movieAndrei Rublev
1966
Andrei Rublev
