Anatoliy Solonitsyn
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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
Credits
Stalker (1979)
as Writer
Andrei Rublev (1966)
as Andrei Rublev
Solaris (1972)
as Dr. Sartorius
Mirror (1975)
as Forensic Doctor
The Ascent (1977)
as Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
The Love of Mankind (1973)
as Dmitry Kalmykov
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
as Colonel
The Train Has Stopped (1982)
as Malinin, a journalist
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
as Sarychev
Yuliya Vrevskaya (1977)
as Mikhail Pavlov
No Path Through Fire (1967)
as Commissar Yevstryukov
Between Sky and Earth (1976)
Actor
Trial on the Road (1986)
as Petushkov
The Legend of Thyl (1977)
as Fishmonger
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh (1981)
as Tolik Chikin
The Prince and the Pauper (1972)
as лорд Сент-Джон
The Turning Point (1978)
as Kostik
The Secret of the Notebook (1981)
as Martyn Martynych
In the azure steppe (1971)
Actor
There, Beyond the Horizon (1976)
as Bochazhnikov
Sergey Ivanovich Retires (1981)
Actor
26 Days of Dostoyevsky's Life (1981)
as Fyodor Dostoevsky
One Chance in One Thousand (1969)
as Captain Migunko
Grandmaster (1973)
Actor
The Hat (1981)
as Anya's stepfather
The Bodyguard (1979)
as Sultan Nazar
Trust (1976)
as Bochazhnikov
Khatanbaatar (1981)
as Bakich
He Foretells Victory (1979)
Actor
Cash Collector's Bag (1977)
as Ivan Timofeyevich
The Three Andreis (1966)
as Self
Trasa (1979)
as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
Under a Stone Sky (1974)
as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
While the Mountains Still Stand... (1977)
as следователь
Boomerang (1981)
as McClain - sheriff
The Kurt Clausewitz Case (1964)
Actor
Memory (1975)
Actor
The Mysterious Old Man (1981)
Actor
Peasants (1982)
as Artist
The Balloonist (1975)
Actor
Scattered Nest (1981)
as Neznakomiy strannik
Oh, Cinema, Cinema! (1973)
as Self
The Last Day of Winter (1975)
as Соловцов
Anyuta's Way (1968)
as Stepan - head of the food detachment
Notches For Memory (1973)
Actor
People's Khatanbaatar (1981)
as Bakich