Solaris
Based on Stanislaw Lem’s novel, Solaris is a moving and unsettling vision of memory and humanity which transcends the science fiction genre.
Please note that this film is in Russian and German, with Dutch subtitles.
On a space station orbiting the ocean-covered planet Solaris, cosmonaut Kris Kelvin arrives to investigate a series of mysterious and bizarre occurrences among the crew. What he discovers are supernatural phenomena that cause repressed and haunting memories to take on physical form, including that of Kelvin’s late wife. Through her, Kelvin attempts to communicate with the forces responsible which appear to be emanating from the mysterious planet itself.
Andrej Tarkovski, Sovjet-Unie, 1972, 167 min. Russian & German spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Nikolay Grinko.