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.
Cast
Natalya Bondarchuk
Hari
Donatas Banionis
Kris Kelvin
Jüri Järvet
Dr. Snaut
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Henri Berton
Mykola Hrynko
Kelvin's Father
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Dr. Sartorius
Olga Barnet
Kelvin's Mother
Vitalik Kerdimun
Henri Berton's Son
Olga Kizilova
Guest of Dr. Gibarian
Tatyana Malykh
Kris Kelvin's Niece
Aleksandr Misharin
Shanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission
Bagrat Oganesyan
Professor Tarkhe
Tamara Ogorodnikova
Anna
Sos Sargsyan
Dr. Gibarian
Yulian Semyonov
Chairman of the Scientific Conference
Vitaliy Statsinskiy
Member of the Academic Council
Vera Sumenova
Unknown
Georgiy Teykh
Prof. Messenger
Crew
Andrei Tarkovsky
Director, Screenplay
L. Lazarev
Script Editor
Ninel Boyarova
Script Editor
Fridrikh Gorenshteyn
Screenplay
Stanisław Lem
Novel
Nina Marcus
Editor
Lyudmila Feiginova
Editor
Vadim Yusov
Director of Photography
Larisa Tarkovskaya
Assistant Director
Viacheslav Tarasov
Producer
Mikhail Romadin
Production Design
Evgeniy Shvedov
Camera Operator
Nelli Fomina
Costume Design
Vera Rudina
Makeup Artist
Semyon Litvinov
Sound Designer
E. Paramanov
Lighting Technician
Aleksandr Klimenko
Special Effects
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer
S. Gavrilov
Set Decoration
V. Prokofev
Set Decoration
Paolo Rocco Innamorato
First Assistant Art Direction
