Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

8/30/1934 – 6/11/1982Bogorodsk, 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.

Filmography (47 titles)

To Remember7.0Show

To Remember

archivefootage · 1993

Trial on the Road7.0Movie

Trial on the Road

Petushkov · 1986

The Train Has Stopped5.5Movie

The Train Has Stopped

Malinin, a journalist · 1982

Peasants6.3Movie

Peasants

artist · 1982

Scattered NestMovie

Scattered Nest

Neznakomiy strannik · 1981

The Secret of the Notebook7.0Movie

The Secret of the Notebook

Martyn Martynych · 1981

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin6.7Movie

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Colonel · 1981

Boomerang9.0Movie

Boomerang

McClain - sheriff · 1981

The Mysterious Old Man9.0Movie

The Mysterious Old Man

1981

Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh6.5Movie

Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh

Tolik Chikin · 1981

Sergey Ivanovich Retires7.0Movie

Sergey Ivanovich Retires

1981

The Hat6.2Movie

The Hat

Anya's stepfather · 1981

Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky5.0Movie

Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1981

KhatanbaatarMovie

Khatanbaatar

Bakich · 1981

People's KhatanbaatarMovie

People's Khatanbaatar

Bakich · 1981

He Foretells Victory9.0Movie

He Foretells Victory

1979

Stalker8.1Movie

Stalker

Writer · 1979

Trasa8.0Movie

Trasa

Lev Nikolayevich Slivin · 1979

The Bodyguard5.3Movie

The Bodyguard

Sultan Nazar · 1979

The Turning Point5.8Movie

The Turning Point

Kostik · 1978

Cash Collector's Bag3.5Movie

Cash Collector's Bag

Ivan Timofeyevich · 1977

Yuliya Vrevskaya4.5Movie

Yuliya Vrevskaya

Mikhail Pavlov · 1977

The Legend of Till5.8Movie

The Legend of Till

Fishmonger · 1977

The Ascent7.8Movie

The Ascent

Portnov, collaborationist interrogator · 1977

While the Mountains Still Stand...8.0Movie

While the Mountains Still Stand...

следователь · 1977

There, Beyond the Horizon10.0Movie

There, Beyond the Horizon

Bochazhnikov · 1976

Trust3.8Movie

Trust

Bochazhnikov · 1976

Between Sky and EarthMovie

Between Sky and Earth

1976

The Balloonist10.0Movie

The Balloonist

1975

The Last Day of Winter10.0Movie

The Last Day of Winter

Соловцов · 1975