Solaris (1972)
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Writers:
Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshteyn.
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Natalya Bondarchuk as Hari |
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Donatas Banionis as Kris Kelvin |
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Jüri Järvet as Dr. Snaut |
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Vladislav Dvorzhetsky as Henri Berton |
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Mykola Hrynko as Kelvin's Father |
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Dr. Sartorius |
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Olga Barnet as Kelvin's Mother |
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Vitalik Kerdimun as Henri Berton's Son |
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Olga Kizilova as Guest of Dr. Gibarian |
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Tatyana Malykh as Kris Kelvin's Niece |
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Aleksandr Misharin as Shanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission |
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Bagrat Oganesyan as Professor Tarkhe |
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Tamara Ogorodnikova as Anna |
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Sos Sargsyan as Dr. Gibarian |
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Yulian Semyonov as Chairman of the Scientific Conference |
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Vitaliy Statsinskiy as Member of the Academic Council |
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Vera Sumenova as |
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Georgiy Teykh as Prof. Messenger |
| Art | Mikhail Romadin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nelli Fomina | Costume Design |
| Writing | Andrei Tarkovsky | Screenplay |
| Editing | Nina Marcus | Editor |
| Directing | Andrei Tarkovsky | Director |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Lyudmila Feiginova | Editor |
| Writing | Stanisław Lem | Novel |
| Camera | Vadim Yusov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Evgeniy Shvedov | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Fridrikh Gorenshteyn | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ninel Boyarova | Script Editor |
| Writing | L. Lazarev | Script Editor |
| Directing | Larisa Tarkovskaya | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Eduard Artemyev | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Paolo Rocco Innamorato | First Assistant Art Direction |
| Sound | Semyon Litvinov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Yuriy Kushneryov | First Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | V. Sevostyanov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Klimenko | VFX Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Rudina | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Arnold Ides | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mariya Chugunova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yuriy Nevskiy | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Vladimir Shmyga | Assistant Camera |
| Art | V. Prokofev | Set Designer |
| Camera | Vadim Murashko | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | E. Paramanov | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Directing | N. Mann | First Assistant Director Trainee |
| Writing | Lev Lupichev | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Iosif Shklovskiy | Script Consultant |
| Production | Viacheslav Tarasov | Executive Producer |
| Art | Svyatoslav Gavrilov | Set Designer |