Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Born August 30, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
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.
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.
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Filmography
Scattered Nest
1981
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as Neznakomiy strannik
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Age: 47
The Secret of the Notebook
1981
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as Martyn Martynych
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Age: 47
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1981
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as Colonel
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Age: 47
Peasants
1981
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as Pavlik's father
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Age: 46
Boomerang
1981
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as McClain - sheriff
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Age: 46
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
1981
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as Tolik Chikin
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Age: 46
The Mysterious Old Man
1981
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as
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Age: 46
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981
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as
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Age: 46
The Hat
1981
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as Anya's stepfather
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Age: 46
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
1981
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as Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Age: 46
Khatanbaatar
1981
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as Bakich
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Age: 46
People's Khatanbaatar
1981
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as Bakich
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Age: 46
The Turning Point
1978
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as Kostik
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Age: 43
Yuliya Vrevskaya
1977
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as Mikhail Pavlov
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Age: 43
While the Mountains Still Stand...
1977
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as следователь
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Age: 42
Between Sky and Earth
1976
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as
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Age: 41
The Balloonist
1975
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as
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Age: 41
The Last Day of Winter
1975
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as Соловцов
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Age: 40
Mirror
1975
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as Forensic Doctor
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Age: 40
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974
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as Sarychev
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Age: 40
Under a Stone Sky
1974
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as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
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Age: 40
Grandmaster
1973
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as
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Age: 38
Notches For Memory
1973
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as
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Age: 38
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
1973
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as Self
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Age: 38
The Love of Mankind
1973
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as Dmitry Kalmykov
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Age: 38
The Prince and the Pauper
1972
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as лорд Сент-Джон
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Age: 37
In the azure steppe
1971
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as
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Age: 36
One Chance in One Thousand
1969
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as Captain Migunko
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Age: 34
Anyuta's Way
1968
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as Chief
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Age: 33
Andrei Rublev
1966
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as Andrei Rublev
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Age: 32
The Kurt Clausewitz Case
1964
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as
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Age: 29