Solaris

Overview

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 20, 1972

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Unit Four,Creative Unit of Writers & Cinema Workers

Cast

Natalya Bondarchuk,Donatas Banionis,Jüri Järvet,Vladislav Dvorzhetsky,Mykola Hrynko,Anatoliy Solonitsyn,Olga Barnet,Vitalik Kerdimun,Olga Kizilova,Tatyana Malykhand 8 more

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Writer

Andrei Tarkovsky,Stanisław Lem,L. Lazarev,Fridrikh Gorenshteyn,Ninel Boyarova,Lev Lupichev,Iosif Shklovskiy

Producer

Viacheslav Tarasov

Cinematography

Vadim Yusov

Music

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov,Eduard Artemyev

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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