Solaris
– A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death ..
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.
26 Sep 1972
Russian, German
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Andrei Tarkovsky
Stanislaw Lem (novel), Fridrikh Gorenshteyn (screenplay), Andrei Tarkovsky (screenplay)
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy
The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the mysterious demise of one of the three scientists on the base, the main character is sent out to replace him. He finds the station run-down and the two remaining scientists cold and secretive. When he also encounters his wife who has been dead for ten years, he begins to appreciate the baffling nature of the alien intelligence.
2 wins & 4 nominations.
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