Solaris
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Released
- 1972
- Country
- Soviet Union
Details
Release year: 1972
Storyline
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
Top credits
Natalya Bondarchuk — Khari
Donatas Banionis — Kris Kelvin, psikholog
Jüri Järvet — Doktor Snaut, kibernetik
Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy — Anri Berton, pilot
Did you know
• This was the most widely seen of Andrei Tarkovsky's films outside of the Soviet Union. However, Tarkovsky himself reportedly considered it the least favorite of the films he directed. Not being a fan of the science fiction genre (which he criticized for its "comic book trappings and vulgar commercialism"), he was nevertheless persuaded to propose this adaptation of the eponymous and popular sci-fi novel 'Solaris' to appease the Soviet censors. However, he considered the film an artistic failure because of its need for technological dialogue and special effects, which prevented it from transcending its genre; something he believed his movie Stalker (1979) did better.
• When Kelvin reunites with his father at the end of the film and falls at his feet, the pose they assume is that of the father and son in Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son."
• The "ocean" on Solaris was made of a solution of acetone, aluminum powder and various dyes.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $22,168
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $11,537 (2002-09-15)