The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky

Screenshot from 'Solyaris.' This is from the famous, and banned, 'resurrection scene.' Natalya Bondarchuk plays Hari, and Donatas Banionis plays Kris Kelvin.

Solaris (Солярис)

This 1972 science fiction film is Tarkovsky's best-known film in the West. Psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to a distant space station revolving around the mysterious planet Solaris. Upon arrival, he finds and experiences the inexplicable. The circumstances in the film, and the film itself, are concerned with "something about conscience."

Watch the last scene from Solaris
View an image of the Solaris space station set



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