Anatoly Solonitsyn

Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (also 'Anatoli' or 'Anatoliy'; Russian: Анатолий (Отто) Алексеевич Солоницын; 30 August 1934 – 11 June 1982 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor, who was known for his roles in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies and he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. He was born in Bogorodsk.

Anatoly Solonitsyn
Anatoly Solonitsyn
Born
Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn

(1934-08-30)30 August 1934
Died11 June 1982(1982-06-11) (aged 47)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationActor
Years active1963–1982
AwardsSilver Bear

Film career

Solonitsyn's debut in cinema was in the Sverdlovsk Film Studio's short film The Case of Kurt Clausewitz (1963), directed by Gleb Panfilov. Solonitsyn is best known in the west for his roles in several of Andrei Tarkovsky's films, including Dr. Sartorius in Solaris (1972), the Writer in Stalker (1979), the physician in Mirror (1975), and the title role in Andrei Rublev (1966). Indeed, it was Tarkovsky who "discovered" him in the casting process for Andrei Rublev. Solonitsyn was an unknown provincial theater actor from Sverdlovsk at the time, but he took the opportunity to go to Moscow and try himself in the casting for the Andrei Rublev role. Historical consultant of the movie saw the photos of actors from the casting, pointed to a photo of Solonitsyn and said to Tarkovsky: "This one is Rublev".

In his book Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky calls him his "favorite" actor,[1] and writes that Solonitsyn was intended to play the lead roles in each of his films Nostalghia (1983) and The Sacrifice (1986), but the actor died before their production. Tarkovsky admired Solonitsyn's ability to fully embody the ideas of the director. When Tarkovsky was considering making a film adaptation of Dostoyevsky's famous novel The Idiot, Solonitsyn was even ready to do the plastic surgery to look more like the iconic Russian writer.[2]

In the former Soviet Union he is also well known for his roles in At Home Among Strangers (1974), The Train Has Stopped (1982), and many others.

Awards

In 1981, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Aleksandr Zarkhi's film Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky.[3] The same year, he was given the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Death

Solonitsyn died from cancer in 1982, at the age of 47, allegedly, according to Victor Sharun, the sound editor on Stalker, Solonitsyn, Tarkovsky and Larisa Tarkovskaya became ill due to exposure to toxic chemicals during filming on the location of the movie.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1966Andrei RublevAndrei Rublev
1968Anyutyna dorogaStepan
1968No Path Through FireIvan Yevstryukov
1969Odin shans iz tysyachikapitan Migunko
1971Trial on the Road(segment Kolovert')
1972SolarisDoktor Sartorius, astrobiologist
1973Lyubit chelovekaDmitri Kalmykov
1973Grossmeyster
1973Zarubki na pamyatRomus Cherbanu
1974Under en steinhimmelHoffmeyer, oberst
1974AgonyColonel
1974At Home Among StrangersSarychev
1974Posledniy den zimy
1975MirrorForensic doctor
1975VozdukhoplavatelAviation School Head Henri Farman
1975Tam, za gorizontom
1975Mezhdu nebom i zemlyoyOrlov
1976DoverieBochazhnikov
1977The AscentPortnov, the Nazi interrogator
1977Legenda o TileFishman
1978Yuliya Vrevskaya
1978A u nas byla tishina...Petrukha
1978Predveshchayet pobeduViktor Vershinin
1979Trassa
1979Bag of the CollectorIvan Timofeyevich
1979PovorotKostantin Korolyev
1979StalkerPisatel
1979The BodyguardSultan-Nazar
1980Sergey Ivanovich ukhodit na pensiyuVladimir Vasilyevich
1981Twenty Six Days from the Life of DostoyevskyFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
1981Tainstvennyy starikKondratiy
1981RasputinColonel
1981Tayna zapisnoy knizhkiMartyn Martynych
1981Raskidannoye gnezdoWanderer
1981Muzhiki!Painter
1981Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikhTolik Chikin
1982Ostanovilsya poezdMalinin, a journalist
1982Shlyapa
1986Proverka na dorogakhIgor Leonidovich Petushkov(final film role)

References

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