Stalker
“There's no need to speak. You must only...concentrate and recall all your past life. When a man thinks of the past, he becomes kinder.”
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Synopsis
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
Cast
Alisa Freyndlikh·Stalker's Wife
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy·Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn·Writer
Mykola Hrynko·Professor
Natalya Abramova·Marta
Faime Jurno·Writer's Companion
Evgeniy Kostin·Lyuger, Owner of Cafe
Raimo Rendi·Police Patrol
Vladimir Zamanskiy·Professor's Telephone Interlocutor (voice) (uncredited)
Average shot length
63.8s per shot
Andrei Tarkovsky's career average is 41.2s across 7 measured films —see the full picture.