# Stalker (1979)

> A mysterious guide leads a writer and a professor through a forbidden Zone toward a room said to grant wishes, where the journey becomes an ordeal of belief and self-knowledge.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/933

## Facts

- Runtime: 162 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Drama
- Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Mykola Hrynko, Natalya Abramova, Faime Jurno, Evgeniy Kostin, Raimo Rendi
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: glacial
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: none
- Mood: meditative, eerie, foreboding, focused solo viewing, late night cinephile viewing

## Synopsis

A journey into the unknown where desires and fears intertwine in a mysterious landscape.

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