Anatoliy Solonitsyn
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.
Filmography
Trial on the Road
as Petushkov
Trial on the Road
as Petushkov
The Train Has Stopped
as Malinin, a journalist
The Train Has Stopped
as Malinin, a journalist
Peasants
as artist
Peasants
as artist
Scattered Nest
as Neznakomiy strannik
Scattered Nest
as Neznakomiy strannik
The Secret of the Notebook
as Martyn Martynych
The Secret of the Notebook
as Martyn Martynych
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
as Colonel
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
as Colonel
Boomerang
as McClain - sheriff
Boomerang
as McClain - sheriff
The Mysterious Old Man
The Mysterious Old Man
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
as Tolik Chikin
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
as Tolik Chikin
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Sergey Ivanovich Retires
The Hat
as Anya's stepfather
The Hat
as Anya's stepfather
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
as Fyodor Dostoevsky
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
as Fyodor Dostoevsky
Khatanbaatar
as Bakich
Khatanbaatar
as Bakich
People's Khatanbaatar
as Bakich
People's Khatanbaatar
as Bakich
He Foretells Victory
He Foretells Victory
Stalker
as Writer
Stalker
as Writer
Trasa
as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
Trasa
as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
The Bodyguard
as Sultan Nazar
The Bodyguard
as Sultan Nazar
The Turning Point
as Kostik
The Turning Point
as Kostik
Cash Collector's Bag
as Ivan Timofeyevich
Cash Collector's Bag
as Ivan Timofeyevich
Yuliya Vrevskaya
as Mikhail Pavlov
Yuliya Vrevskaya
as Mikhail Pavlov
The Legend of Till
as Fishmonger
The Legend of Till
as Fishmonger
The Ascent
as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
The Ascent
as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
While the Mountains Still Stand...
as следователь
While the Mountains Still Stand...
as следователь
There, Beyond the Horizon
as Bochazhnikov
There, Beyond the Horizon
as Bochazhnikov
Trust
as Bochazhnikov
Trust
as Bochazhnikov
Between Sky and Earth
Between Sky and Earth
The Balloonist
The Balloonist
The Last Day of Winter
as Соловцов
The Last Day of Winter
as Соловцов
Mirror
as Forensic Doctor
Mirror
as Forensic Doctor
Memory
Memory
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
as Sarychev
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
as Sarychev
Under a Stone Sky
as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
Under a Stone Sky
as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
Grandmaster
Grandmaster
Notches For Memory
Notches For Memory
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
as Self
Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
as Self
The Love of Mankind
as Dmitry Kalmykov
The Love of Mankind
as Dmitry Kalmykov
Solaris
as Dr. Sartorius
Solaris
as Dr. Sartorius
The Prince and the Pauper
as лорд Сент-Джон
The Prince and the Pauper
as лорд Сент-Джон
In the azure steppe
In the azure steppe
One Chance in One Thousand
as Captain Migunko
One Chance in One Thousand
as Captain Migunko
Anyuta's Way
as Chief
Anyuta's Way
as Chief
Anyuta's Way
as Chief
Anyuta's Way
as Chief
No Path Through Fire
as Commissar Yevstryukov
No Path Through Fire
as Commissar Yevstryukov
The Three Andreis
as Self
The Three Andreis
as Self
Andrei Rublev
as Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
as Andrei Rublev
The Kurt Clausewitz Case
The Kurt Clausewitz Case