

Solaris
The planet where nightmares come true…
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.
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- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Russian
- loss of sense of reality
- based on novel or book
- extraterrestrial technology
- 1970s
- subconsciousness
- soviet union
- hallucination
- space travel
- astronaut
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Soviet Union
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG11 Nov 1972
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG16 Apr 1973
- PhysicalPGDVD & Blu-ray15 Aug 2016
BrazilBR
- Theatricale 1228 Dec 1973
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)UProjekt 10015 Jan 2001
- Physical31 May 2007
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP27 Feb 1974
- TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon6 Jun 2026
- TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon14 Jul 2026
- TheatricalMondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon15 Jul 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1220 Sept 1974
MexicoMX
- Theatrical5 Jul 2019
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalALDVD26 Jun 2007
- PhysicalALBlu ray8 Aug 2016
- TheatricalALRe-release19 Sept 2019
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/121 Apr 1976
- TheatricalM/1219 Feb 2016
RussiaSU
- Premiere5 Feb 1972
- Theatrical20 Mar 1972
SpainES
- Theatrical3 Jan 1979
TürkiyeTR
- TVTRT 225 Aug 2022
- TVTRT 22 Jan 2023
- TVTRT 23 Jul 2023
- TVTRT 229 Dec 2023
- TVTRT 213 May 2024
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Solaris was released on 20 March 1972.
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CinemaSerf
7/22/2023
Acclaimed psychologist "Kelvin" (Donates Banionis) is despatched to a space station to investigate the mysterious death of one of the three remaining scientists who are working on the surface of a remote moon. Upon arrival he discovers that there are now just the two of the original eighty-plus crew left aboard the rather ramshackle facility. "Snaut" (Jüri Järvet) and "Sartorius" (Anatoliy Solonitsyn). Their welcome …
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