Overview
Release Date:
20 March 1972 (Soviet Union)
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Plot:
The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence...
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Awards:
2 wins
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2 nominations
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User Comments:
A unique experience
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Crew believed to be complete
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Solaris (UK) (USA)
Солярис (Soviet Union: Russian title)
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Runtime:
165 min | Italy:115 min (first release)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
In Kris Kelvin's room, it is possible to see an icon painted by Andrei Rublev, the Russian painter who inspired Tarkovsky's
Andrey Rublyov (1966).
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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.
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Quotes:
Dr. Snaut:
We don't want to conquer space at all. We want to expand Earth endlessly. We don't want other worlds; we want a mirror. We seek contact and will never achieve it. We are in the foolish position of a man striving for a goal he fears and doesn't want. Man needs man!
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Soundtrack:
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
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FAQ
In which city was the busy traffic scene shot?
How did Gibarian die?
Who composed the background music of this movie and what is the name of that?
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It's now been some years since I last watched it. Still, I can't get rid of the impressions of emptiness, absurdity and impossibility to understand (the world, and the human mind) that this movie left into me. It can be violent to your mind, without showing a single violent image (by the way, I often see this movie as a counterpart to Clockwork Orange, even more than to 2001). It can stun you, with ten or twenty minutes of incomprehensible silence. It can deprive you of any certainty in the laws of nature - such as, people only die once - and thus leave you vulnerable and naked.
I know that many friends to whom I've shown this move did not understand it. So I'm not saying you'll like it. But this is possibly the best (non-action) sci-fi movie ever made.
Watch it at night, alone, when everything out of your home is dark, silent, and cold.