Acting
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
RU, MN, CS, BG cinema · 46 credits
Born
30 August 1934
Died
11 June 1982 (aged 47)
Birthplace
Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Also known as Anatoly Solonitsyn · Anatoli Solonizyn · Otto Solonitsyn · Отто Солоницын · Anatoli Alexejewitsch Solonizyn · А. Солоницын
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.
Known for
Filmography
Trial on the Road
as Petushkov
The Train Has Stopped
as Malinin, a journalist
Peasants
as Artist
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
as Tolik Chikin
The Hat
as Anya's stepfather
The Secret of the Notebook
as Martyn Martynych
26 Days of Dostoyevsky's Life
as Fyodor Dostoevsky
Khatanbaatar
as Bakich
Boomerang
as McClain - sheriff
Scattered Nest
as Neznakomiy strannik
Stalker
as Writer
Trasa
as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin
The Bodyguard
as Sultan Nazar
The Turning Point
as Kostik
The Ascent
as Portnov, Collaborationist Interrogator
Cash Collector's Bag
as Ivan Timofeyevich
While the Mountains Still Stand...
as следователь
Yuliya Vrevskaya
as Mikhail Pavlov
The Legend of Thyl
as Fishmonger
Trust
as Bochazhnikov
There, Beyond the Horizon
as Bochazhnikov
Mirror
as Forensic Doctor
The Last Day of Winter
as Соловцов
Under a Stone Sky
as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)
The Love of Mankind
as Dmitry Kalmykov
Solaris
as Dr. Sartorius
The Prince and the Pauper
as лорд Сент-Джон
One Chance in One Thousand
as Captain Migunko
Anyuta's Way
as Stepan - head of the food detachment, as Chief
No Path Through Fire
as Commissar Yevstryukov
Andrei Rublev
as Andrei Rublev
