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Solaris (1972 film)

 

 

Solaris

 

 

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Produced by Viacheslav Tarasov

Written by Fridrikh Gorenshtein

Andrei Tarkovsky

based on the novel by Stanisław Lem

Starring Natalya Bondarchuk

Donatas Banionis

Jüri Järvet

Vladislav Dvorzhetsky

Nikolai Grinko

Anatoly Solonitsyn

Music by Eduard Artemyev

Cinematography Vadim Yusov

Editing by Lyudmila Feiginova

Distributed by Visual Programme Systems (UK, 1973)

Release date(s) Flag of France May 13, 1972 (1972-05-13) (Cannes Film Festival)

Flag of the Soviet Union February 5, 1973 (1973-02-05)

Running time 165 min.

Country Soviet Union

Language Russian

Budget SUR 1,000,000 (estimated) equal to USD 4,000,000

 

Solaris (Russian: Солярис, translit. Solyaris) is a 1972 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is based on the novel of the same name by Polish science fiction author Stanisław Lem. The film features Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Nikolai Grinko and Anatoly Solonitsyn and has a soundtrack by Eduard Artemyev.

 

Solaris is a meditative psychodrama that is set mostly on a space station in orbit around a planet called "Solaris". The scientific mission on the space station has fallen into a crisis. Psychologist Kris Kelvin travels to the station to evaluate and explore the situation, but soon experiences the same kind of hallucinations that have befallen the other crew members. The film concentrates on the thoughts and the conscience of its characters and is a "drama of grief and partial recovery". Solaris and its complex and slow storytelling has sometimes been contrasted with Western science fiction films, which rely on special effects and an imagined version of the future.[1]

 

Solaris was a critical success. The film was presented at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury and the FIPRESCI prize and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.[2] Another film adaption of the novel by Stanisław Lem directed by Steven Soderbergh was released in 2002 to neither its predecessor's critical nor commercial success.

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