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Solaris

Original title: Solyaris
  • 1972
  • 12
  • 2h 47m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
98K
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Solaris (1972)
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DramaMysterySci-Fi

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
    98K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,482
    232
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Stanislaw Lem
      • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Stars
      • Natalya Bondarchuk
      • Donatas Banionis
      • Jüri Järvet
    • 364User reviews
    • 168Critic 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
      • All cast & crew
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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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. Not being a fan of the science fiction genre (which he criticized for its "comic book trappings and vulgar commercialism"), he was nevertheless persuaded to propose this adaptation of the eponymous and popular sci-fi novel 'Solaris' to appease the Soviet censors. However, he considered the film an artistic failure because of its need for technological dialogue and special effects, which prevented it from transcending its genre; something he believed his movie Stalker (1979) did better.
      • 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 reviews364

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      9/10
      had to watch it twice
      I'm just starting out into the vast world of foreign film and having seen this film on many a video store shelf, and knowing that it was considered a sci-fi classic, I thought it would be a good way to spend an evening. Based on the case I was expecting something along the line of typical American sci-fi. Needless to say I was wrong.

      I watched Solyaris twice in two days, because the first time I saw it I knew that I hadn't processed even a quarter of what I knew was there. I was taken completely aback. The second viewing was extremely rewarding.

      It was unusual for me, raised as I was on the sledgehammer moralizing and we'll make our point so obvious that there's no way you can miss it because we have no respect for your intelligence way of American film. I'm a huge literature buff, and this was one of the very few films I've confronted that is thoughtful and has so many things to say yet does it in a literary or poetic fashion.

      You will get out of this film what you bring to it. I've been to so many movies where the audience is not actually participating, it's being attacked. But true art is not domineering; it woos you.

      So to sum up, I greatly appreciated Tarkovsky's unwillingness to manipulate the viewer. It showed that he had respect for me as a thinking soul, and it is this love and respect for humanity which makes this a truly great film.
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      • MrsRainbow
      • Jan 19, 1999

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      Details

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      • Release date
        • September 20, 1974 (East Germany)
      • Country of origin
        • Soviet Union
      • Official site
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      • 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
        • $228,707
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      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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