Solaris
(DVD)

Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.

Based on the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.

Special features include: Audio essay by Tarkovsky scholars Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie; 9 deleted and alternative scenes; video interviews with Natalya Bondarchuk, Vadim Yusov, Mikhail Romadin and Eduard Artemyev; documentary excerpt with Solaris author Stanislaw Lem; essays on Solaris by Akira Kurosawa and Phillip Lopate ; improved English subtitle translation.

Camera, Vadim I︠U︡sov ; film editor, L. Feĭginova ; music, Ėduard Artemʹev ; sound, Semyon Litvinov.

Natalʹi︠a︡ Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, I︠U︡ri I︠A︡rvet, Vladislav Dvorzhet︠s︡kiĭ, Nikolaĭ Grinʹko, Anatoliĭ Solonit︠s︡yn.

Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD format; mono., aspect ratio: 2.35:1. New digital transfer with restored picture and sound, enhanced for widescreen televisions; RSDL dual-layer edition.

Russian dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Cannes Film Festival, 1972: Grand Prize of the Jury (Andrei Tarkovsky); FIPRESCI Award (Andrei Tarkovsky).