Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (also 'Anatoli' or 'Anatoliy';
Russian: Рнатолий (Отто) Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡
Солоницын; 30 August 1934 â€" 11 June 1982 in Moscow) was a
Soviet 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.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 theatre 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, 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.
Russian: Рнатолий (Отто) Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡
Солоницын; 30 August 1934 â€" 11 June 1982 in Moscow) was a
Soviet 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.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 theatre 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, 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.
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