A guide known as the Stalker leads a writer and a professor into a forbidden Zone said to grant one’s deepest desires.
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The Stalker is a philosophical science fiction film by Andrei Tarkovsky that follows a mysterious guide leading two men through a surreal, forbidden Zone rumored to fulfill their innermost desires.
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| Stalker | 0 |
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| instanceOf |
film
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philosophical film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| award | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes (special mention, 1980) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Roadside Picnic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy |
Arkady Strugatsky
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Boris Strugatsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Alexander Knyazhinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | combination of sepia and color sequences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| director | Andrei Tarkovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Lyudmila Feiginova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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philosophical film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| influenced |
Annihilation (film)
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Professor
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the Stalker NERFINISHED ⓘ the Writer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Eduard Artemyev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long tracking shots
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ slow contemplative pacing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A guide known as the Stalker leads a writer and a professor into a forbidden Zone said to grant one’s deepest desires. ⓘ |
| producer | Aleksandra Demidova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 163 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Arkady Strugatsky
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Boris Strugatsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
the Zone
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unnamed industrial region ⓘ |
| theme |
desire
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ethics of wish fulfillment ⓘ faith ⓘ hope and despair ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ |
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A guide known as the Stalker leads a writer and a professor into a forbidden Zone said to grant one’s deepest desires.
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