Stalker / Mosfilʹm ; Vtoroe tvorcheskoe obʺedinenie ; st͡senariĭ Arkadiĭ Strugat͡skogo, Boris Strugat͡skogo ; postanovka Andreĭ Tarkovskogo ; director kartiny Aleksandra Demidova.

Сталкер / Мосфильм ; Второе творческое объединение ; сценарий Аркадий Стругацкого, Борис Стругацкого ; постановка Андрей Тарковского ; директор картины Александра Демидова
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Inside a mysterious realm called the zone there is The Room, a place that will grant you your innermost desire. Stalker, a man that knows how to pass the deadly secrets of The Zone, escorts a group of people to the Room.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Stalker (Motion picture)
Criterion collection ; 888.
Corporate Authors: Moskovskai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ "Mosfilʹm" (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986 (Film director, Production designer, Art director)
Strugat︠s︡kiĭ, Arkadiĭ, 1925-1991 (Screenwriter)
Strugat︠s︡kiĭ, Boris, 1933-2012 (Screenwriter)
Kni︠a︡zhinskiĭ, Aleksandr, 1936-1996 (director of photography.)
Artemʹev, Ėduard (composer (expression))
Feĭginova, Li︠u︡dmila (Editor of moving image work)
Freĭndlikh, Alisa (Actor)
Kaĭdanovskiĭ, Aleksandr (Actor)
Solonit︠s︡yn, Anatoliĭ Alekseevich, 1934-1982 (Actor)
Grinʹko, Nikolaĭ, 1920-1989 (Actor)
Le Fanu, Mark (Writer of added commentary)
Language:Russian
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In Russian with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 888.
Subjects:
Stalkers > Drama.
Wishes > Drama.
Parapsychology > Drama.
Scientists > Drama.
Parapsychology.
Scientists.
Stalkers.
Wishes.
Science fiction films.
Apocalyptic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Science fiction films.
Apocalyptic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Inside a mysterious realm called the zone there is The Room, a place that will grant you your innermost desire. Stalker, a man that knows how to pass the deadly secrets of The Zone, escorts a group of people to the Room.
Note:Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "Stalker: meaning and making", by critic Mark Le Fanu.
Special features: New interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: a Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room ; Interviews from 2000 with set designer Rashit Safiullin and composer Eduard Artemyev ; interview from the mid-1990s with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky.
Based on the novel: Piknik na obochine / by Arkadiĭ Natanovich Strugat͡skiĭ & Boris Natanovich Strugat͡skiĭ.
Call Number:PN1995.9.S26 S735 2017 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:9781681433301
1681433303
Credits:Director of photography, Aleksandr Kni͡azhinskiĭ ; film editor, Li͡udmila Feiginova ; music, Ėduard Artemʹev ; production designer, Andrei Tarkovskiĭ ; set designer, Rashit Safiullin ; art director, Andreĭ Tarkovskiĭ.
System Details:DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Cast:
Alisa Freindlikh, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko.