Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky   Written by Arkadiy Strugatskiy   Boris Strugatskiy   Andrei Tarkovsky   Arseniy Tarkovskiy   Cast Alisa Freyndlikh ... Zhena Stalkera Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy ... Stalker Anatoliy Solonitsyn ... Pisatel Nikolay Grinko ... Professor Natalya Abramova ... Marta, doch Stalkera (as Natasha Abramova) Faime Jurno ... Sobesednitsa Pisatelya (as F. Yurna) E. Kostin ... Lyuger, khozyain kafe Raymo Rendi ... Patrulnyy politseyskiy (as R. Rendi) Uncredited Cast Sergey Yakovlev ... Professor (voice) Vladimir Zamanskiy ... Sobesednik Professora po telefonu (voice) Produced by Aleksandra Demidova   Original Music by Eduard Artemyev

Additional Info Premiere: May 25, 1979 Theatrical Release: October 20, 1982 DVD Release: October 15, 2002 Blu-ray Release: July 18, 2017 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Production Companies Mosfilm Vtoroe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie Distributors Janus Films   (2017) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Media Transactions   (1982) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) Seagull Films   (2006) (USA) (theatrical) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Kino Video   (2006) (USA) (DVD) RUSCICO   (2004) (World-wide) (DVD) The Criterion Channel   (2019) (USA) (TV) (digital) The Criterion Collection   (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.1 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,282 / 21,074 Site Ranking #1,278 Chasing Amy (1997) #1,279 The Lost City (2022) #1,280 Morbius (2022) #1,281 Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) #1,282 Stalker (1979) #1,283 I Saw The Devil (2010) #1,284 Dumbo (1941) #1,285 Men In Black: International (2019) #1,286 The Strangers (2008)