Solaris (1968) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1968 · 142 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Boris Nirenburg, Lidiya Ishimbaeva

Starring

Vladimir Etush, Vasili Lanovoy, Vyacheslav Dugin, Viktor Zozulin, Antonina Pilyus, A. Katsynsky

Psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at a space station circling the mysterious planet Solaris, where the remaining crew are haunted by inexplicable apparitions generated by the planet itself. He soon encounters his own apparition, a perfect replica of his deceased wife Hari, forcing him to confront memory, guilt and the nature of reality.