Solaris
1972 · Movie · PG · 167 min · ★ 7.8 · 93% critics
A psychologist travels to a troubled space station orbiting the planet Solaris to investigate a death and the crew’s unraveling mental state. As strange, lifelike visitors appear, the mission turns into a haunting confrontation with memory, guilt, and the limits of understanding an alien intelligence.
Based on Solaris
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Details
- Original title
- Солярис
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-03-20
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 167 min
- Critic score
- 93/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (1,838 votes)
About
If you enjoy slow, philosophical sci-fi that lingers on big questions and mood, this could be for you, especially if you like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Stalker; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear answers, or lots of action.
Pros: thought-provoking sci-fi ideas; haunting atmosphere; emotional, poetic tone | Cons: very slow pace; minimal action; cryptic, unresolved feel
Themes
- loss of sense of reality
- based on novel or book
- extraterrestrial technology
- 1970s
- subconsciousness
- soviet union
- hallucination
- space travel
- astronaut
Awards & recognition
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 1972
Cast & crew
Natalya Bondarchuk
as Hari
Donatas Banionis
as Kris Kelvin
Jüri Järvet
as Dr. Snaut
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
as Henri Berton
Mykola Hrynko
as Kelvin's Father
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
as Dr. Sartorius
Olga Barnet
as Kelvin's Mother
- VK
Vitalik Kerdimun
as Henri Berton's Son
- OK
Olga Kizilova
as Guest of Dr. Gibarian
- TM
Tatyana Malykh
as Kris Kelvin's Niece
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky