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.

Cast & crew

Andrei Tarkovsky

Director

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

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Vitalik Kerdimun

Henri Berton's Son

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Olga Kizilova

Guest of Dr. Gibarian

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Tatyana Malykh

Kris Kelvin's Niece

Aleksandr Misharin

Shanahan, Chairman of the Anri Berton Commission

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Bagrat Oganesyan

Professor Tarkhe

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Anna

Sos Sargsyan

Dr. Gibarian

Yulian Semyonov

Chairman of the Scientific Conference

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Vitaliy Statsinskiy

Member of the Academic Council

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Vera Sumenova

Georgiy Teykh

Prof. Messenger

Nikolay Kuznetsov