---
title: 'Solaris (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrei Tarkovsky'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 160
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/solaris-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Solaris (1972)

1972 · PG · 160 min · Drama, Science Fiction, Adventure · Soviet Union

Original title: Солярис

## Synopsis

Solaris is a 1972 Soviet science fiction film based on Stanisław Lem's 1961 novel of the same title. The film was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, and stars Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk. The electronic music score was performed by Eduard Artemyev and the film also features a composition by J.S. Bach as its main theme. The plot centers on a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris, where a scientific mission has stalled because the skeleton crew of three scientists have fallen into emotional crises. Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Banionis) travels to the station to evaluate the situation, only to encounter the same mysterious phenomena as the others.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-tarkovsky)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-tarkovsky), [Friedrich Gorenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-gorenstein)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Johann Sebastian Bach](https://cinepixo.com/people/johann-sebastian-bach), [Eduard Artemyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-artemyev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vadim Yusov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-yusov)

## Cast

- [Aleksandr Misharin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-misharin)
- [Bagrat Hovhannisyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bagrat-hovhannisyan)
- [Artyom Karapetyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/artyom-karapetyan)
- [Natalya Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-bondarchuk) as Harey
- [Vladimir Tatosov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-tatosov)
- [Georgy Teykh](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-teykh)
- [Anatoly Solonitsyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-solonitsyn) as Sartorius
- [Vladimir Zamanskiy](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-zamanskiy)
- [Jüri Järvet](https://cinepixo.com/people/juri-jarvet) as Snaut
- [Sos Sargsyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sos-sargsyan)
- [Vladislav Dvorzhetsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladislav-dvorzhetsky)
- [Yulian Semyonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yulian-semyonov)
- [Nikolai Grinko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-grinko)
- [Olga Kizilova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-kizilova)
- [Olga Barnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-barnet)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/solaris-1972
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