Solaris (1972)

★ 7.8 2h 47m 1,817 votes IMDb
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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.

Solaris

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Cast

Natalya Bondarchuk
Natalya Bondarchuk as Hari Age 75 · Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (born May 10, 1950) is a Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris...
Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis as Kris Kelvin Died 2014 · Kaunas, Lithuania Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuani...
Jüri Järvet
Jüri Järvet as Dr. Snaut Died 1995 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia Jüri Järvet (June 18, 1919 – July 5, 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгенье...
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky as Henri Berton Died 1978 · Omsk, RSFSR, USSR From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vladislav Dvorzhetsky (26 April 1939 – 28 May 1978) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in eighteen films between 1970 and 1978 Dvorzhetsky was born in Omsk. I...
Mykola Hrynko
Mykola Hrynko as Kelvin's Father Died 1989 · Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko or Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko (Ukrainian: Микола Григорович Гринько; Russian: Николай Григорьевич Гринько) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. His film debut was in the role...
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Dr. Sartorius Died 1982 · Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (August 30, 1934, Bogorodsk – June 11, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of remarkable intensity and philosophical depth, best known for his collaborations with Andrei T...

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CinemaSerf 7/10 Jul 22, 2023
Acclaimed psychologist "Kelvin" (Donates Banionis) is despatched to a space station to investigate the mysterious death of one of the three remaining scientists who are working on the surface of a remote moon. Upon arrival he discovers that there are now just the two of the original eighty-plus crew left aboard the rather ramshackle facility. "Snaut" (Jüri Järvet) and "Sartorius" (Anatoliy Solonitsyn). Their welcome is, to put it mildly, bizarre and before long he starts to dream. His apparitions become more vivid, more realistic, and they feature his deceased wife "Khari" (Natalya Bondarenchuk). Are these just hallucinations or are they more. Might they be real? Might they exist in an alternate reality? Is it something in the water? Andrei Tarkovsky uses his dialogue sparingly as he tautly directs this mystery. We are drip fed information - sometimes contradictory, sometimes speculative - just as "Kelvin" receives it - and we are left in the same quandary as he finds himself in. It's a sort of groundhog day scenario that plays out time and time again - but he cannot decide if he wants to break it, amend it or sustain it, and his colleagues are little help as they have long suffered from the same symptoms. I won't lie - it can be slow progress at times. It's not always helped by the rather soporific Artemyev score, and the pace is a little wobbly as we get to grips with the scenario, but once there this is a considered look at just how the human mind may/can/will work when tested and it's well illustrative of the fact that there is way more out there that we don't understand than we do. It does benefit from a big screen, if only to add a scope to the broadness of the production and the concept.

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