Solaris (1968 film)

For other films based on the novel, see Solaris (1972 film) and Solaris (2002 film).
Solaris
(Солярис)[1]

Solaris (1968) - Film Poster
Directed by Boris Nirenburg[1]
Lidiya Ishimbayeva[2]
Produced by Soviet Central Television
Written by Nikolay Kemasky
Starring Vasily Lanovoy
Vladimir Etush
Viktor Zozulin
Antonina Pilyus
Music by A. Kliot
Cinematography Yuri Bouguenais
Boris Cypress
Valery Revitch
Edited by G. Engeeva
Production
company
Release dates
 1968[1]
Running time
 143 minutes[1]
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Solaris (Russian: Солярис) is a two-part 1968 Russian television film[1] in black-and-white based on the 1961 novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem. It was the first film adaptation of the novel,[3] and was written by Nikolay Kemarsky, directed by Boris Nirenburg and was a Central Television production (Russian: Центральное телевидение СССР).[1] The film was released on DVD (in russian) on January 29, 2009.[4]

Plot

Dr. Kris Kelvin arrives on Solaris Station,[5][6] a space station orbiting the ocean planet of Solaris. The scientists there have been studying the planet and its ocean for many decades. Shortly before Kelvin's arrival, the crew exposed the ocean to a high-energy gamma-ray bombardment. The ocean's response tests the scientists' minds by confronting them with their most painful thoughts and memories. The ocean does this by materializing physical human simulacra. Kelvin confronts memories of his dead lover and guilt about her suicide. The torments of the other researchers are only suggested but seem even worse than Kelvin’s personal ordeal. The ocean’s intelligence expresses physical phenomena in ways difficult for their limited science to explain, deeply upsetting the scientists. The alien mind of Solaris appears to differ so much from the human mind that communication doesn't seem possible.

Cast

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Staff. "Solyaris (1968)". IMDB. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Ikari, Shinji (December 28, 2012). "Solaris 1968 (in german)". Online-Filmdatenbank (OFDb). Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Солярис (in Russian)". Kino-Teatr.ru. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Солярис (ТВ) (in russian)". Солярис. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Lem, Stanislaw (1961). Solaris (ebook - 2011 english translation). Solaris Bill Johnston (translator). Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ Lem, Stanislaw; Kemarsky, Nikolay (1968). "Solaris - 1968 (film script - english subtitle times => "00:03:09,489" + "00:03:30,027" + "00:03:42,443" + "00:04:46,526" - [zipped SRT-file])". Solaris (1968 film). Retrieved July 28, 2013.

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