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Solaris

Original title: Solyaris
  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 2h 47m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
91K
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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.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
91K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,654
3
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    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Stanislaw Lem(novel "Solaris")
      • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn(screenplay)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Natalya Bondarchuk
      • Donatas Banionis
      • Jüri Järvet
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Stanislaw Lem(novel "Solaris")
      • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn(screenplay)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Natalya Bondarchuk
      • Donatas Banionis
      • Jüri Järvet
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 340User reviews
    • 157Critic reviews
    • 90Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 4 nominations

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 3:19
    Official Trailer

    Photos348

    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(novel "Solaris")
        • Fridrikh Gorenshteyn(screenplay)
        • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
      • All cast & crew
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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      Storyline

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      Did you know

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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 Catalogue of Ships (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 reviews340

      Review
      Top review
      10/10
      A unique experience
      It's now been some years since I last watched it. Still, I can't get rid of the impressions of emptiness, absurdity and impossibility to understand (the world, and the human mind) that this movie left into me. It can be violent to your mind, without showing a single violent image (by the way, I often see this movie as a counterpart to Clockwork Orange, even more than to 2001). It can stun you, with ten or twenty minutes of incomprehensible silence. It can deprive you of any certainty in the laws of nature - such as, people only die once - and thus leave you vulnerable and naked.

      I know that many friends to whom I've shown this move did not understand it. So I'm not saying you'll like it. But this is possibly the best (non-action) sci-fi movie ever made.

      Watch it at night, alone, when everything out of your home is dark, silent, and cold.
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      38
      • vbertola
      • Jan 7, 2006

      FAQ7

      • Who is the midget in Sartorius' room?
      • What's the meaning behind the switches between black-and-white scenes and color scenes throughout the movie?
      • Who composed the main theme of this film, and what is the name of the piece?

      Details

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      • Release date
        • September 26, 1972 (Czechoslovakia)
      • Country of origin
        • Soviet Union
      • Official site
        • TVP VOD
      • Languages
        • Russian
        • German
      • Also known as
        • Solaris: Aventura espacial
      • Filming locations
        • Akasaka, Minato, Japan
      • 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
        • $135,289
      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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