Solaris
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.

Based on the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.

Special features include: Audio commentary 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 and Phillip Lopate.

Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate and an appreciation by director Akira Kurosawa.

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.

Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of theSolaris 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: PG.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) enhanced for widescreen TVs, 2.35:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital mono; high definition digital restoration.

Russian audio with English subtitles.