A guide known as the Stalker leads a writer and a professor into a forbidden Zone said to grant one’s deepest desires.

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The Stalker is a philosophical science fiction film by Andrei Tarkovsky that follows a mysterious guide leading two men through a surreal, forbidden Zone rumored to fulfill their innermost desires.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
philosophical film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
award Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes (special mention, 1980) ⓘ
basedOn Roadside Picnic ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Arkady Strugatsky ⓘ
Boris Strugatsky ⓘ
cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky ⓘ
colorProcess combination of sepia and color sequences ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
director Andrei Tarkovsky ⓘ
distributor Mosfilm ⓘ
editor Lyudmila Feiginova ⓘ
filmingLocation Estonia ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
philosophical film ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
influenced Annihilation (film) ⓘ
linked to: Annihilation

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game series ⓘ
linked to: Stalker
mainCharacter the Professor ⓘ
the Stalker ⓘ
linked to: Stalker

the Writer ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Eduard Artemyev NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor long tracking shots ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
slow contemplative pacing ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
plotSummary A guide known as the Stalker leads a writer and a professor into a forbidden Zone said to grant one’s deepest desires. ⓘ
producer Aleksandra Demidova ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 163 ⓘ
screenwriter Arkady Strugatsky ⓘ
Boris Strugatsky ⓘ
setting the Zone ⓘ
linked to: The Zone

unnamed industrial region ⓘ
theme desire ⓘ
ethics of wish fulfillment ⓘ
faith ⓘ
hope and despair ⓘ
the nature of reality ⓘ

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Stalker → plotSummary → A guide known as the Stalker leads a writer and a professor into a forbidden Zone said to grant one’s deepest desires. ⓘ