Anatoliy Solonitsyn profile
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn

30th August 1934 Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR Acting

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.

47 Movies 1 TV Shows 48 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Hat poster
The Hat 19th March 1981 as Anya's stepfather
Trasa poster
Trasa 23rd February 1979 as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
The Ascent poster
The Ascent 2nd April 1977 as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
Trust poster
Trust 21st April 1976 as Bochazhnikov
Mirror poster
Mirror 7th March 1975 as Forensic Doctor
Under a Stone Sky poster
Under a Stone Sky 25th October 1974 as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
Solaris poster
Solaris 20th March 1972 as Dr. Sartorius
Anyuta's Way poster
Anyuta's Way 13th May 1968 as Stepan - head of the food detachment