Solaris
Criterion/Voyager (1972)
Drama, Foreign, Romance, Science Fiction
In Collection
#363
0*
Seen It:  Yes
715515067812
IMDB   8.1
165 mins Russia / German
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   PG (Parental Guidance)
Natalya Bondarchuk Hari
Donatas Banionis Kris Kelvin
Jüri Järvet Dr. Snaut
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky Berton
Nikolai Grinko Kelvin's Father
Anatoli Solonitsyn Dr. Sartorius
Olga Barnet Mother
Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
Producer Viacheslav Tarasov
Writer Stanislaw Lem
Fridrikh Gorenshtein


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. Based on the novel by the same name from Polish author Stanislaw Lem.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Release Date 5/24/2011
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks PCM [Russian]
SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
- Audio commentary by Andrei Tarkovsky scholars Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie. - Nine deleted and alternate scenes. - Video interviews with actress Natalya Bondarchuk, cinematographer Vadim Yusov, art director Mikhail Romadin, and composer Eduard Artemyev. - Excerpt from a documentary about Stanislaw Lem, the author of the film's source novel.