Solaris (1972)

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167 min - Adventure | Drama | Mystery - 20 March 1972 (Soviet Union)

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Reviews: 196 user | 102 critic | 8 from Metacritic.com

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Natalya Bondarchuk	...	Hari
	Donatas Banionis	...	Kris Kelvin
	Jüri Järvet	...	Dr. Snaut
	Vladislav Dvorzhetsky	...	Henri Berton
	Nikolay Grinko	...	Kelvin's Father
	Anatoliy Solonitsyn	...	Dr. Sartorius
	Olga Barnet	...	Kris Kelvin's Mother (as O. Barnet)
	Vitalik Kerdimun	...	André Berton's son (as V. Kerdimun)
	Olga Kizilova	...	Gibarian's she-guest (as O. Kizilova)
	Tatyana Malykh	...	Kris Kelvin's niece
	Aleksandr Misharin	...	Shannahan, Berton's expedition host (as A. Misharin)
	Bagrat Oganesyan	...	Professor Trajet (as B. Oganesyan)
	Tamara Ogorodnikova	...	Anna, Kris Kelvin's aunt
	Sos Sargsyan	...	Dr. Gibarian, a physiologist (as S. Sarkisyan)
	Yulian Semyonov	...	Chairman of Investigation Commission (as Yu. Semyonov)

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Storyline

The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the mysterious demise of one of the three scientists on the base, the main character is sent out to replace him. He finds the station run-down and the two remaining scientists cold and secretive. When he also encounters his wife who has been dead for seven years, he begins to appreciate the baffling nature of the alien intelligence. Written by Dan Ellis

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Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian | German

Release Date:

20 March 1972 (Soviet Union) See more »

Also Known As:

Wakusei Solarisu See more »

Filming Locations:

Akasaka, Minato, Japan See more »

Box Office

Budget:

RUR 1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Creative Unit of Writers & Cinema Workers, Kinostudiya ''Mosfilm'', Unit Four See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min | Italy: 115 min (first release)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White | Color (Sovcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

There are a number of references to Cervantes' "Don Quixote" in the film. At one point, Dr Snaut refers to tilting at windmills, and during the weightless scene, an open copy of Don Quixote flies past, showing the knight errant on his steed Rosinante. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: During Snouth's birthday party, Chris falls to his knees in front of Hari. The camera clearly shows she is barefoot. In the following long shot, she is wearing shoes. See more »

Quotes

Dr. Snaut: Science? Nonsense! In this situation mediocrity and genius are equally useless! I must tell you that we really have no desire to conquer any cosmos. We want to extend the Earth up to its borders. We don't know what to do with other worlds. We don't need other worlds. We need a mirror. We struggle to make contact, but we'll never achieve it. We are in a ridiculous predicament of man pursuing a goal that he fears and that he really does not need. Man needs man!
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Connections

Referenced in Cargo (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 639 See more »

Solaris (1972)
Solyaris (original title)

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