
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1934-08-30
- Died
- 1982-06-11
- Place of birth
- Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- Also known as
- Anatoly Solonitsyn · Anatoli Solonizyn · Otto Solonitsyn · Отто Солоницын · Anatoli Alexejewitsch Solonizyn · А. Солоницын
Biography
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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (46)

Stalker
1979
as Writer

Mirror
1975
as Forensic Doctor

Andrei Rublev
1966
as Andrei Rublev

Solaris
1972
as Dr. Sartorius

The Ascent
1977
as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator

Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
1981
as Tolik Chikin

The Bodyguard
1979
as Sultan Nazar

Trial on the Road
1986
as Petushkov

The Love of Mankind
1973
as Dmitry Kalmykov

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1981
as Colonel

Boomerang
1981
as McClain - sheriff

Yuliya Vrevskaya
1977
as Mikhail Pavlov

The Legend of Till
1977
as Fishmonger

Trust
1976
as Bochazhnikov

Memory
1975

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974
as Sarychev

Between Sky and Earth
1976

Under a Stone Sky
1974
as Хофмайер (немецкий полковник)

Grandmaster
1973

Khatanbaatar
1981
as Bakich

Trasa
1979
as Lev Nikolayevich Slivin

The Last Day of Winter
1975
as Соловцов

The Balloonist
1975

Sergey Ivanovich Retires
1981

No Path Through Fire
1967
as Commissar Yevstryukov

One Chance in One Thousand
1969
as Captain Migunko

In the azure steppe
1971

There, Beyond the Horizon
1976
as Bochazhnikov

The Turning Point
1978
as Kostik

The Train Has Stopped
1982
as Malinin, a journalist

While the Mountains Still Stand...
1977
as следователь

Oh, Cinema, Cinema!
1973
as Self

The Secret of the Notebook
1981
as Martyn Martynych

Peasants
1982
as artist

Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
1981
as Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Three Andreis
1966
as Self

Cash Collector's Bag
1977
as Ivan Timofeyevich

The Hat
1981
as Anya's stepfather

He Foretells Victory
1979

The Prince and the Pauper
1972
as лорд Сент-Джон

Notches For Memory
1973

Anyuta's Way
1968
as Stepan - head of the food detachment / Chief

The Kurt Clausewitz Case
1964

People's Khatanbaatar
1981
as Bakich

The Mysterious Old Man
1981

Scattered Nest
1981
as Neznakomiy strannik
About Anatoliy Solonitsyn
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 Tarko… With 47 credits spanning from 1964 to 1993, Anatoliy Solonitsyn has appeared in 46 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Anatoliy Solonitsyn Movies
- Stalker (1979) — as Writer
- Mirror (1975) — as Forensic Doctor
- Andrei Rublev (1966) — as Andrei Rublev
- Solaris (1972) — as Dr. Sartorius
- The Ascent (1977) — as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator
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