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Solaris

1972 · Movie · 160 min

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Scores

  • IMDb7.9/10as of 2026-03-09
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer93%as of 2024-08-02
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.5/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic93/100as of 2023-07-10

What it is

Solaris is a 1972 Soviet science fiction and psychological horror film based on Stanisław Lem's 1961 novel of the same title. The film was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, and stars Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk. The electronic music score was performed by Eduard Artemyev and the film also features a composition by J.S. Bach as its main theme.

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At a glance

Genres
Science fiction / Adventure / Drama
Original language
Russian

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