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Solaris

Original title: Solyaris
  • 1972
  • K-12
  • 2h 47m
IMDb RATING
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Solaris (1972)
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A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

  • Director
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Writers
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Stars
    • Natalya Bondarchuk
    • Donatas Banionis
    • Jüri Järvet
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    96K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,456
    469
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Stanislaw Lem
      • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Stars
      • Natalya Bondarchuk
      • Donatas Banionis
      • Jüri Järvet
    • 355User reviews
    • 162Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 3:19
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    Photos349

    Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)
    Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk in Solaris (1972)

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    Natalya Bondarchuk
    Natalya Bondarchuk
    • Khari
    Donatas Banionis
    Donatas Banionis
    • Kris Kelvin, psikholog
    Jüri Järvet
    Jüri Järvet
    • Doktor Snaut, kibernetik
    • (as Yuri Yarvet)
    Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy
    Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy
    • Anri Berton, pilot
    Nikolay Grinko
    Nikolay Grinko
    • Nik Kelvin, otets Krisa Kelvina
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • Doktor Sartorius, astrobiolog
    Olga Barnet
    Olga Barnet
    • Mat Krisa Kelvina
    • (as O. Barnet)
    Vitalik Kerdimun
    • Syn Anri Bertona
    • (as V. Kerdimun)
    Olga Kizilova
    Olga Kizilova
    • Gostya doktora Gribaryana
    • (as O. Kizilova)
    Tatyana Malykh
    • Plemyannitsa Krisa Kelvina
    • (as T. Malykh)
    Aleksandr Misharin
    • Shanakhan, predsedatel komissii Anri Bertona
    • (as A. Misharin)
    Bagrat Oganesyan
    • Professor Tarkhe
    • (as B. Oganesyan)
    Tamara Ogorodnikova
    • Anna, tetka Krisa Kelvina
    • (as T. Ogorodnikova)
    Sos Sargsyan
    Sos Sargsyan
    • Doktor Gribaryan, fiziolog
    • (as S. Sarkisyan)
    Yulian Semyonov
    • Predsedatel nauchnoy konferentsii
    • (as Yu. Semyonov)
    Vitaliy Statsinskiy
    • Chlen uchenogo soveta
    • (as V. Statsinskiy)
    Vera Sumenova
      Georgiy Teykh
      Georgiy Teykh
      • Professor Messendzher
      • (as G. Teykh)
      • Director
        • Andrei Tarkovsky
      • Writers
        • Stanislaw Lem
        • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn
        • Andrei Tarkovsky
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      • Trivia
        This was the most widely seen of Andrei Tarkovsky's films outside of the Soviet Union. However, Tarkovsky himself reportedly considered it the least favorite of the films he directed.
      • Goofs
        At the moment when the station attains zero gravity, the candlestick passes floating in the air, with the flames burning the same as in earth. Actually, with zero gravity, the fire doesn't go upward, candle flames would rather be spherical and very weak (blue).
      • Quotes

        Dr. Snaut: Science? Nonsense! In this situation mediocrity and genius are equally useless! I must tell you that we really have no desire to conquer any cosmos. We want to extend the Earth up to its borders. We don't know what to do with other worlds. We don't need other worlds. We need a mirror. We struggle to make contact, but we'll never achieve it. We are in a ridiculous predicament of man pursuing a goal that he fears and that he really does not need. Man needs man!

      • Alternate versions
        The Region-4 DVD was released by Shock as part of its Distinction Series and runs at 2 hours and 49 minutes, with some noticeable cut scenes throughout the films. This 2-disc set doesn't contain any deleted/alternate scenes.
      • Connections
        Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)
      • Soundtracks
        The Little Organ Book: Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ - BWV 639
        Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (as I. S. Bakh)

      User reviews355

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      personal story
      it is easy to say - a film by Andrei Tarkovski. symbols, poetry of image, old and great themes . and the need of discover yourself. but, like each film by Tarkovski, "Solaris" is not exactly a film of its director but the film of its public. a kind of mirror, in which you recognize crumbs from the novel by Lem and the fight to reconquest the pillars of the past. a past like the only certitude. the film is a masterpiece not only for the artistic reasons. but for the science to become, scene by scene, a personal story. a story about testimony and about the impact with truth about love as only tool for ignore the death and the fundamental choice. as a form of revelation. and as remind. about refuges and meanings and truth.
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      • Kirpianuscus
      • Jun 12, 2017

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      Details

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      • Release date
        • August 24, 1973 (Finland)
      • Country of origin
        • Soviet Union
      • Official site
        • TVP VOD
      • Languages
        • Russian
        • German
      • Also known as
        • Solaris: Aventura espacial
      • Filming locations
        • Akasaka, Minato, Japan(Berton's car scenes)
      • Production companies
        • Mosfilm
        • Chetvyortoe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
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      Box office

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      • Budget
        • RUR 1,000,000 (estimated)
      • Gross US & Canada
        • $22,168
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $11,537
        • Sep 15, 2002
      • Gross worldwide
        • $223,445
      See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        2 hours 47 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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