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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).
Alexandr Kajdanovsky, Russian actor, director and screenwriter, now best remembered for his work in Andrei Tarkovsky's films. Kajdanovsky left Junior High School to enroll in technical college where he was training to become a welder.
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 simply as the ...
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.
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.
Learn about the life and career of Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, a Russian actor, director and screenwriter who starred in Andrei Tarkovsky's films. Find out his birth and death dates, film credits, awards, trivia and more on IMDb.
Tarkovksy cast the angular, intense Alexander Kaidanovsky as Stalker, and Solaris veterans Anatoly Solonitsyn and Nikolai Grinko as his fellow travellers. Stalker (1979) Stalker would become the most tortuous and troubled production of Tarkovsky’s career, with some claiming it even led directly to his early death.
