About the film: year - 2006 / 44 min documentary / Plot of the film "Passion according to Solonitsyn": In 1934, when Anatoly Solonitsyn was born. , the entire Soviet Union watched with bated breath the rescue of the Chelyuskinites, and therefore the actor's real name was Otto, in honor of the leader of the expedition, Otto Schmidt. In 1964, Solonitsyn, then an unknown actor from the provinces, arrived in Moscow and offered himself to Andrei Tarkovsky for the lead role in his new film. Despite the indignation of the art council, Tarkovsky decided to find out from experts in old Russian art which of the applicants for the role of Andrei Rublev most resembled the icon painter. Scientists pointed to Solonitsyn... The film "The Passion of Solonitsyn" is a story about the life and work of the actor.