Stalker (Blu-ray)

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Starring: Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko, Alisa Freindlikh, Natasha Abramova, Faime Jurno, E. Kostin, Raymo Rendi
Contributors: Aleksandra Demidova, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Artemev, Aleksandr Knyazhinsky, Georgi Rerberg, Leonid Kalashnikov
Studio: Criterion Collection
Genre: World Cinema
Main Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 24 Jul 2017
Originally Issued: 1979
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 161 minutes

Description

Andrei Tarkovsky directs this Russian sci-fi drama about two men who are led to their innermost dreams in a strange place once inhabited by aliens. A Stalker (Aleksandr Kaidanovsky) leads writer Pisatel (Anatoli Solonitsyn) and a Professor (Nikolai Grinko) through an industrial wasteland called the Zone, in search of a room where truth is contained and wishes are said to be granted to anyone who enters. As the area has been sealed off by the government, the pair put their faith in the Stalker as he navigates his way through the Zone and along the way they each discuss their reasons for visiting the room.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Interviews: Interview with Geoff Dyer, author of 'Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room'; Interview with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky; Interview with set designer Rashit Safiullin; Interview with composer Eduard Artemyev