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Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Acting

Basic Information

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Birth Date

August 30, 1934(91 yrs)

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Birth Place

Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Summary

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