RUSSIA · 1979

Stalker

Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet Poetic Cinema writer strugatsky wish stalker guard
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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.

Year1979
CountryRussia
DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky
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Cinematic threads
StalkerRussia · 1979
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