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
- Writers
- Stanislaw Lem(novel "Solaris")
- Fridrikh Gorenshteyn(screenplay)
- Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Stanislaw Lem(novel "Solaris")
- Fridrikh Gorenshteyn(screenplay)
- Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations
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Jüri Järvet
- Doktor Snaut, kibernetikas Doktor Snaut, kibernetik
- (as Yuri Yarvet)
Olga Barnet
- Mat Krisa Kelvinaas Mat Krisa Kelvina
- (as O. Barnet)
Vitalik Kerdimun
- Syn Anri Bertonaas Syn Anri Bertona
- (as V. Kerdimun)
Bagrat Oganesyan
- Professor Tarkheas Professor Tarkhe
- (as B. Oganesyan)
Tamara Ogorodnikova
- Anna, tetka Krisa Kelvinaas Anna, tetka Krisa Kelvina
- (as T. Ogorodnikova)
Sos Sargsyan
- Doktor Gribaryan, fiziologas Doktor Gribaryan, fiziolog
- (as S. Sarkisyan)
Vitaliy Statsinskiy
- Chlen uchenogo sovetaas Chlen uchenogo soveta
- (as V. Statsinskiy)
- Director
- Writers
- Stanislaw Lem(novel "Solaris")
- Fridrikh Gorenshteyn(screenplay)
- Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis 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.
- GoofsAt 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 versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Spisok korabley (2008)
- SoundtracksThe Little Organ Book: Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ - BWV 639
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (as I. S. Bakh)
Top review
A dream-like examination of love and first contact
Two truths drive this film: the inadequacy of human-kind to understand the Universe, and the inadequacy of human-kind to understand the human heart.
As such, using Lem's original idea, Tarkovsky successfully, explores these themes.
We are drawn in, through hauntingly beautiful imagery, to the internal struggles of Kris Kelvin as he attempts to understand feelings of love for his suicided wife, who has been mysteriously resurrected, presumably as an attempt by Solaris to communicate, or torture.
Of course Solaris is probably the most original alien ever concocted, (no phone-homes here) and as must be, utterly enigmatic and beyond communication.
Be warned, this film is very long, and sometimes slow, but for those who consider themselves science fiction addicts, it is a must view.
One of the top 5 sci-fi films of all time.
As such, using Lem's original idea, Tarkovsky successfully, explores these themes.
We are drawn in, through hauntingly beautiful imagery, to the internal struggles of Kris Kelvin as he attempts to understand feelings of love for his suicided wife, who has been mysteriously resurrected, presumably as an attempt by Solaris to communicate, or torture.
Of course Solaris is probably the most original alien ever concocted, (no phone-homes here) and as must be, utterly enigmatic and beyond communication.
Be warned, this film is very long, and sometimes slow, but for those who consider themselves science fiction addicts, it is a must view.
One of the top 5 sci-fi films of all time.
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- Mar 11, 2001
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- Also known as
- Solaris: Aventura espacial
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- RUR 1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,168
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,537
- Sep 15, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $135,289
- Runtime2 hours 47 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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