Stalker
May 25 1979
•3h 42m
•Science Fiction, Drama
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
See allAleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Stalker
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Writer
Nikolay Grinko
Professor
Alisa Freyndlikh
Stalker's Wife
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