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
"Nobody loves poetry like a Russian!"
This line from Dr Zhivago says all you have to know about Tarkovsky. He was a thinker and a poet. An artist who's work was at once smart, engaging and aesthetically beautiful! Solaris is a world that materialized thoughts and absorbs creatures into its own consciousness. "Solaris" is an allegory on man's place in the universe, the twisted concept of reality, the meaning of love, grief and - ultimately - life. Psychiatrist Kris Kelvin goes to the station orbiting the planet-entity to assess whether the madness of it's occupants means all exploration should be discontinued. What he finds there are all the demons he has brought with him. You the viewer shall experience the same thing, for Solaris is an inviting and questioning but never manipulative film. What you'll get out of it depends on what you bring with you.
Solaris is often accused of being slow. This is a common misinterpretation: Solaris makes you anxious, and willingly so. Too many segments are like mirrors that invite your mind to venture off into many uncomfortable a place (the traffic scene comes to mind: an allegory for the space voyage but also for fading life and powerlessness). Solaris also makes you fear, with a sense that something isn't quite right and as with the best horror films, what you dread often isn't even on screen. Solaris makes you heart ache on several occasions as well. It makes you miss loved ones and it makes you feel homesick. every additional minute that separates you from the gorgeous opening shots of nature makes you long for Earth.
Solaris is many things but above all it is simply more than entertainment: it is a voyage for the senses, like a favorite song that binds countless disconnected feelings and thoughts. It is a poem.
Solaris is often accused of being slow. This is a common misinterpretation: Solaris makes you anxious, and willingly so. Too many segments are like mirrors that invite your mind to venture off into many uncomfortable a place (the traffic scene comes to mind: an allegory for the space voyage but also for fading life and powerlessness). Solaris also makes you fear, with a sense that something isn't quite right and as with the best horror films, what you dread often isn't even on screen. Solaris makes you heart ache on several occasions as well. It makes you miss loved ones and it makes you feel homesick. every additional minute that separates you from the gorgeous opening shots of nature makes you long for Earth.
Solaris is many things but above all it is simply more than entertainment: it is a voyage for the senses, like a favorite song that binds countless disconnected feelings and thoughts. It is a poem.
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- OttoVonB
- Oct 7, 2005
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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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