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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.

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Won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (1972)
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Based on the novel Solaris
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Filmed in Japan, Moscow and Russia
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Music
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Eduard Artemyev
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Vadim Yusov
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Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Writers: Andrei TarkovskyScreenplay
Stanisław LemNovel
Fridrikh GorenshteynScreenplay
Original title: Солярис
Status: Released
Release date: March 20, 1972
Original language: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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