Solaris

feature film, drama, misterij, SF, USSR, 1972

DIRECTED BY: Andrej Tarkovski

Solaris

CAST:
Donatas Banionis (Kelvin),
Natalija Bondarčuk (Khari),
Jurij Jarvet (Snout),
Anatolij Solonjicin (Sartorius),
Vladislav Dvoržecki (Burton),
Sos Sarkizjan (Gibarian)

SCRIPT:
Friedrich Gorenshtein,
Andrej Tarkovski (based on novel by Stanislav Lem)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Vadim Jusov

MUSIC:
Eduard Artemev

EDITING:
Lyudmila Feyginova

Synopsis:

This classic by Andrei Tarkovsky is the adaptation of the sci-fi novel with the same title by Stanislav Lem. Pychologist Kris Kelvin leaves Earth to go to a space station that circles around planet Solaris. His task is to analyze strange occurrences for the government and to find out why the entire crew of astronauts went mad. When he arrives to the space station, Kelvin finds his deceased wife Khari, who committed suicide… 

b/w and color, 167'

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