About

Known credits:
47
Birthday:
1934-08-30
Place of birth:
Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Website:
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Overview

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

Acting
1986 Trial on the Road Actor Igor Leonidovich Petushkov 59
Average
1982 The Train Has Stopped Actor Malinin, a journalist 58
Average
1981 Scattered Nest Actor Neznakomiy strannik N/A
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1981 The Secret of the Notebook Actor Martyn Martynych 59
Average
1981 Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin Actor Colonel 59
Average
1981 Peasants Actor Pavlik's father 58
Average
1981 Boomerang Actor McClain - sheriff 58
Average
1981 Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh Actor Tolik Chikin 58
Average
1981 Sergey Ivanovich Retires Actor 58
Average
1981 The Hat Actor Anya's stepfather 58
Average
1981 The Mysterious Old Man Actor N/A
N/A
1981 Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky Actor Fyodor Dostoevsky 58
Average
1981 Khatanbaatar Actor Bakich N/A
N/A
1981 People's Khatanbaatar Actor Bakich N/A
N/A
1979 He Foretells Victory Actor 59
Average
1979 Stalker Actor Writer 77
Good
1979 Trasa Actor Lev Nikolayevich Slivin N/A
N/A
1979 The Bodyguard Actor Sultan Nazar 58
Average
1978 The Turning Point Actor Kostik 58
Average
1977 Cash Collector's Bag Actor Ivan Timofeyevich 58
Average
1977 Yuliya Vrevskaya Actor Mikhail Pavlov 58
Average
1977 The Legend of Till Actor Fishmonger 58
Average
1977 The Ascent Actor Павел Гаврилович Портнов, следователь у фашистов 64
Fair
1976 There, Beyond the Horizon Actor Bochazhnikov N/A
N/A
1976 Trust Actor Bochazhnikov 58
Average
1976 Between Sky and Earth Actor N/A
N/A
1976 While the Mountains Still Stand... Actor следователь 59
Average
1975 The Balloonist Actor N/A
N/A
1975 The Last Day of Winter Actor Соловцов N/A
N/A
1975 Mirror Actor Forensic Doctor 72
Good
1975 Memory Actor N/A
N/A
1974 At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own Actor Сарычев 59
Average
1974 Under a Stone Sky Actor Хофмайер (немецкий полковник) 58
Average
1973 Grandmaster Actor 58
Average
1973 Notches For Memory Actor N/A
N/A
1973 Oh, Cinema, Cinema! Actor Self N/A
N/A
1972 The Love of Mankind Actor Dmitry Kalmykov 58
Average
1972 Solaris Actor Dr. Sartorius 73
Good
1972 The Prince and the Pauper Actor лорд Сент-Джон 58
Average
1971 In the azure steppe Actor N/A
N/A
1968 One Chance in One Thousand Actor Captain Migunko 58
Average
1968 Анютина дорога Actor Stepan - head of the food detachment N/A
N/A
1968 Анютина дорога Actor Chief N/A
N/A
1967 No Path Through Fire Actor Commissar Yevstryukov 58
Average
1966 The Three Andreis Actor Self 58
Average
1966 Andrei Rublev Actor Andrei Rublev 72
Good
1964 The Kurt Clausewitz Case Actor N/A
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