Storyline
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.
Released
20 March 1972
Runtime
2h 47min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Russian
Production
Unit Four, Creative Unit of Writers & Cinema Workers, Mosfilm
Cast
Natalya Bondarchuk
Hari
Donatas Banionis
Kris Kelvin
Jüri Järvet
Dr. Snaut
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Henri Berton
Nikolay Grinko
Kelvin's Father
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Dr. Sartorius
Olga Barnet
Kelvin's Mother
Vitalik Kerdimun
Henri Berton's Son
Olga Kizilova
Guest of Dr. Gibarian
Tatyana Malykh
Kris Kelvin's Niece
Aleksandr Misharin
Shanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission
Bagrat Oganesyan
Professor Tarkhe
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Anna
Sos Sargsyan
Dr. Gibarian
Yulian Semyonov
Chairman of the Scientific Conference
Vitaliy Statsinskiy
Member of the Academic Council
Vera Sumenova
Acting
Georgiy Teykh
Prof. Messenger
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