Anatoly Solonitsyn
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– 11 June 1982, Moscow
Moscow
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) was a Soviet actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Work
Solonitsyn is best known in the west for his roles in several of Andrei TarkovskyAndrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....
's films, including Dr. Sartorius in Solaris
Solaris (1972 film)
Solaris is a 1972 film adaptation of the novel Solaris , directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is a meditative psychological drama occurring mostly aboard a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris. The scientific mission has stalled, because the scientist crew have fallen to...
(1972), the Writer in Stalker
Stalker (film)
Stalker is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic...
(1979), the physician in The Mirror
The Mirror (1975 film)
The Mirror is a 1975 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, blending childhood memories, newsreel footage and poems by his father Arseny Tarkovsky...
(1975), and the title role in Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev (film)
Andrei Rublev , also known as The Passion According to Andrei, is a 1966 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky from a screenplay written by Andrei Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev, the great 15th century Russian icon painter...
(1966). Indeed, it was Tarkovsky who "discovered" him. In his book Sculpting In Time
Sculpting In Time
Sculpting In Time is a book by Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky about art and cinema in general, and his own films in particular. It was originally published in 1986 in German shortly before the author's death, and published in English in 1987, translated by Kitty Hunter-Blair...
, Tarkovsky calls him his "favorite" actor, and writes that Solonitsyn was intended to play the lead roles in each of his films Nostalghia
Nostalghia
Nostalghia is a 1983 Soviet film, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano and Erland Josephson.The plot of the film centers around the meaning of the term nostalgia, which describes a longing for the past, often in idealized form.-Plot:The opening scene is a...
(1983) and The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice is a 1986 film, and the final film by Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who died shortly after completing it.-Synopsis:...
(1986), but died before their production.
In the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
he is also well known for his roles in Telokhranitel
Telokhranitel
The Bodyguard , is a 1979 Soviet film released by Tadjikfilm. It is one of the best known of the Red Westerns and directed by the veteran feature and documentary maker, Ali Khamraev....
/The Bodyguard (1979), At Home among Strangers
At Home Among Strangers
At Home among Strangers is a 1974 Soviet film starring Yuri Bogatyryov and Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Some hail it as the most significant of osterns...
(1974) and many others.
In 1981, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor
Silver Bear for Best Actor
The Silver Bear for Best Actor is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actor.- Awards :- External links :*...
at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival
31st Berlin International Film Festival
The 31st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1981.-Jury:* Jutta Brückner * Denis Héroux* Astrid Henning-Jensen* Irina Petrovna Kuptschenko* Peter Bichsel* Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi...
for his role in Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Aleksandr Zarkhi was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and received Stalin Prize in 1946...
's film Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky
Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky
Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Anatoly Solonitsyn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:...
.
Solonitsyn died from cancer in 1982, at the age of 47 (allegedly, according to Victor Sharun, the sound editor on Stalker
Stalker (film)
Stalker is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic...
, due to exposure to toxic chemicals during filming on the location of the movie )
Filmography
- The Case of Kurt Clausewitz (TV movie 1963)
- Andrei RublevAndrei Rublev (film)Andrei Rublev , also known as The Passion According to Andrei, is a 1966 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky from a screenplay written by Andrei Konchalovsky and Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev, the great 15th century Russian icon painter...
(1966) - Anyutyna doroga (1967)
- No Path Through Fire (1968)
- Odin shans iz tysyachi (1969)
- V lazorevoy stepi (1970)
- Proverka na dorogakh (1971)
- Prints i nishchiy (TV movie 1972)
- Grossmeyster (1972)
- SolarisSolaris- Fiction :* Solaris , a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem** Solaris , directed by B. Nirenburg** Solaris , directed by Andrei Tarkovsky** Solaris , directed by Steven Soderbergh...
(1972) - Lyubit cheloveka (1973)
- Posledniy den zimy (1974)
- Under a Stone Sky (1974)
- At Home Among Strangers, Stranger at Home (1974)
- Vozdukhoplavatel (1975)
- Tam, za gorizontom (1975)
- The MirrorThe Mirror (1975 film)The Mirror is a 1975 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, blending childhood memories, newsreel footage and poems by his father Arseny Tarkovsky...
(1975) - TrustTrustTrust may refer to:* Trust , reliance on another person or entity-Business and legal:* Trust law, an arrangement in which property is managed by one person or entity for the benefit of another...
(1976) - A u nas byla tishina... (1977)
- Yuliya Vrevskaya (1978)
- Trassa (1979)
- Legenda o Tile (1979)
- StalkerStalker (film)Stalker is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic...
(1979) - Sergey Ivanovich ukhodit na pensiyu (1980)
- Povorot (1980)
- Twenty Six Days from the Life of DostoyevskyTwenty Six Days from the Life of DostoyevskyTwenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Anatoly Solonitsyn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:...
(1981) - Rasputin (1981)
- Ostanovilsya poyezd (1982)
- Muzhiki!Muzhiki!Muzhiki! is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Iskra Babich. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Aleksandr Mikhajlov - Pavel* Pyotr Glebov - Pavel's father Muzhiki! is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Iskra Babich. It...
(1982) - Tainstvennyy starik (1982)
- Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh (1982)
- The Hat (1982)
- Tayna zapisnoy knizhki (1982)
- TelokhranitelTelokhranitelThe Bodyguard , is a 1979 Soviet film released by Tadjikfilm. It is one of the best known of the Red Westerns and directed by the veteran feature and documentary maker, Ali Khamraev....
(1982)