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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, Metacritic 93/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,064 1970s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 47m. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,893 audience votes
Key crew
- Vyacheslav OvchinnikovOriginal Music Composer
- Andrei TarkovskyScreenplay
- Andrei TarkovskyDirector
- Fridrikh GorenshteynScreenplay
- Eduard ArtemyevOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Natalya BondarchukHari
- Donatas BanionisKris Kelvin
- Jüri JärvetDr. Snaut
- Vladislav DvorzhetskyHenri Berton
- Mykola HrynkoKelvin's Father
- Anatoliy SolonitsynDr. Sartorius
- Olga BarnetKelvin's Mother
- Vitalik KerdimunHenri Berton's Son
- Olga KizilovaGuest of Dr. Gibarian
- Tatyana MalykhKris Kelvin's Niece
- Aleksandr MisharinShanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission
- Bagrat OganesyanProfessor Tarkhe
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Themes
loss of sense of realitybased on novel or bookextraterrestrial technology1970ssubconsciousnesssoviet unionhallucinationspace travelastronaut
The Best Movies of 1972
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