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Alexander Leonidovich Kaidanovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Кайдано́вский; 23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker (1979), At Home Among Strangers (1974), and The Bodyguard (1979).
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy was a Russian actor, director and writer, best known for his role in Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. He also starred in international films such as The Devil's Breath and Magic Hunter, and died in 1995 at age 49.
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Jan 1, 1996 · Alexander Kaidanovsky was a Russian actor who starred in Andrei Tarkovsky's banned film Stalker (1980), based on a science fiction novel by Stanslaw Lem. He also appeared in several other films, but faced censorship and persecution for his role in Stalker.
The film tells the story of an expedition led by a figure known as the "Stalker" (Alexander Kaidanovsky), who guides his two clients—a melancholic writer (Anatoly Solonitsyn) seeking inspiration, and a professor (Nikolai Grinko) seeking scientific discovery—through a hazardous wasteland to a mysterious restricted site known ...
May 26, 2024 · A very loose adaptation of the 1972 novel Roadside Picnic, the movie stars Alexander Kaidanovsky as a guide (called a stalker) who leads an aloof professor (Nikolai Grinko) and cynical writer...
Who was Alexander Kaidonovsky? Alexander Leonidovich Kaidanovsky was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as At Home Among Strangers, Telokhranitel/The Bodyguard and Stalker.
Jul 18, 2017 · An essay by Mark Le Fanu on Andrei Tarkovsky's sci-fi masterpiece Stalker (1979), based on a novel by the Strugatsky brothers. The essay explores the themes, characters, and visual style of the film, and mentions the actor Alexander Kaidanovsky, who played the Stalker.
