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.
Directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky
Written by
Stanislaw Lem (novel "Solaris"); Fridrikh Gorenshtein (screenplay); Andrei Tarkovsky (screenplay).
Starring
Natalya Bondarchuk (Hari); Donatas Banionis (Kris Kelvin); Jüri Järvet (Dr. Snaut); Vladislav Dvorzhetsky (Henri Berton); Nikolai Grinko (Kelvin's Father); Anatoli Solonitsyn (Dr. Sartorius); Sos Sargsyan (Dr. Gibarian (as S. Sarkisyan)); Olga Barnet (Kelvin's Mother (as O. Barnet)); Tamara Ogorodnikova (Aunt Anna); Georgi Tejkh (Prof. Messenger (as G. Tejkh)); Yulian Semyonov (Chairman at Scientific Conference (as Yu. Semyonov)); Olga Kizilova (Gibarian's Guest (as O. Kizilova)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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