Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Biography
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.
Filmography
Trial on the Road
1986
as Petushkov
The Train Has Stopped
1982
as Malinin, a journalist
Peasants
1982
as artist
Scattered Nest
1981
as Neznakomiy strannik
The Secret of the Notebook
1981
as Martyn Martynych
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1981
as Colonel
Boomerang
1981
as McClain - sheriff
The Mysterious Old Man
1981
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
1981
as Tolik Chikin
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981
The Hat
1981
as Anya's stepfather
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
1981
as Fyodor Dostoevsky
Khatanbaatar
1981
as Bakich
People's Khatanbaatar
1981
as Bakich
He Foretells Victory
1979
Stalker
1979
as Writer
Trasa
1979
as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
The Bodyguard
1979
as Sultan Nazar
The Turning Point
1978
as Kostik
Cash Collector's Bag
1977
as Ivan Timofeyevich
Yuliya Vrevskaya
1977
as Mikhail Pavlov
The Legend of Thyl
1977
as Fishmonger
The Ascent
1977
as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
While the Mountains Still Stand...
1977
as следователь