Solaris poster
Director Andrei Tarkovsky
Screenplay Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshteyn

Solaris

Original Title: Солярис

Tagline: The planet where nightmares come true…

Release Date: 1972-03-20

Duration: 167 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Natalya Bondarchuk
    Hari
  • Georgiy Teykh
    Prof. Messenger
  • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Dr. Sartorius
  • Nikolay Grinko
    Kelvin's Father
  • Tamara Ogorodnikova
    Anna
  • Donatas Banionis
    Kris Kelvin
  • Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
    Henri Berton
  • Yulian Semyonov
    Chairman of the Scientific Conference
  • Olga Barnet
    Kelvin's Mother
  • Jüri Järvet
    Dr. Snaut