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Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Acting

Born: August 30, 1934Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

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
Filmography
Trial on the Road

Trial on the Road

Igor Leonidovich Petushkov

1986
The Train Has Stopped

The Train Has Stopped

Malinin, a journalist

1982
Scattered Nest

Scattered Nest

Neznakomiy strannik

1981
The Secret of the Notebook

The Secret of the Notebook

Martyn Martynych

1981
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Colonel

1981
Peasants

Peasants

Pavlik's father

1981
Boomerang

Boomerang

McClain - sheriff

1981
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh

Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh

Tolik Chikin

1981
The Mysterious Old Man

The Mysterious Old Man

1981
Sergey Ivanovich Retires

Sergey Ivanovich Retires

1981
The Hat

The Hat

Anya's stepfather

1981
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky

Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

1981
Khatanbaatar

Khatanbaatar

Bakich

1981
People's Khatanbaatar

People's Khatanbaatar

Bakich

1981
He Foretells Victory

He Foretells Victory

1979
Stalker

Stalker

Writer

1979
Trasa

Trasa

Lev Nikolayevich Slivin

1979
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

Sultan Nazar

1979
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

Kostik

1978
Cash Collector's Bag

Cash Collector's Bag

Ivan Timofeyevich

1977
Yuliya Vrevskaya

Yuliya Vrevskaya

Mikhail Pavlov

1977
The Legend of Till

The Legend of Till

Fishmonger

1977
The Ascent

The Ascent

Portnov, collaborationist interrogator

1977
While the Mountains Still Stand...

While the Mountains Still Stand...

следователь

1977
There, Beyond the Horizon

There, Beyond the Horizon

Bochazhnikov

1976
Trust

Trust

Bochazhnikov

1976
Between Sky and Earth

Between Sky and Earth

1976
The Balloonist

The Balloonist

1975
The Last Day of Winter

The Last Day of Winter

Соловцов

1975
Mirror

Mirror

Forensic Doctor

1975
Memory

Memory

1975
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

Sarychev

1974
Under a Stone Sky

Under a Stone Sky

Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)

1974
Grandmaster

Grandmaster

1973
Notches For Memory

Notches For Memory

1973
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!

Oh, Cinema, Cinema!

Self

1973
The Love of Mankind

The Love of Mankind

Dmitry Kalmykov

1973
Solaris

Solaris

Dr. Sartorius

1972
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

лорд Сент-Джон

1972
In the azure steppe

In the azure steppe

1971
One Chance in One Thousand

One Chance in One Thousand

Captain Migunko

1969
Anyuta's Way

Anyuta's Way

Chief

1968
Anyuta's Way

Anyuta's Way

Stepan - head of the food detachment

1968
No Path Through Fire

No Path Through Fire

Commissar Yevstryukov

1967
The Three Andreis

The Three Andreis

Self

1966
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966
The Kurt Clausewitz Case

The Kurt Clausewitz Case

1964