Solaris

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Cannes Film Festival 1972 - Nominated - Palme d'Or

Cannes Film Festival 1972 - Won - FIPRESCI Prize

Cannes Film Festival 1972 - Won - Grand Prize

Solaris

Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky
166 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness. In Solaris, legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky creates a brilliantly original science fiction epic that challenges our preconceived notions of love, truth, and humanity itself.

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Runtime:
166 min.

Genre:
Sci-Fi / Horror

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
Russian

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES: 

DISC ONE:

  • New digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
  • Audio essay by Tarkovsky scholars Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie, co - authors of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition

 

DISC TWO:

  • Nine deleted and alternate scenes
  • Video interviews with lead actress Natalya Bondarchuk, cinematographer Vadim Yusov, art director Mikhail Romadin, and composer Eduard Artemyev
  • Documentary excerpt with Solaris author Stanislaw Lem

 

 

 

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