Solaris (1968 film)

Solaris
Solaris (1968), the 2009 DVD release cover
Солярис[1]
Based onSolaris
by Stanisław Lem
Written byNikolay Kemasky
Directed byBoris Nirenburg [ru][2]
Lidiya Ishimbayeva[2]
StarringVasily Lanovoy
Vladimir Etush
Viktor Zozulin
Antonina Pilyus
Music byA. Kliot
Country of originSoviet Union
Original languageRussian
Production
CinematographyYuri Bouguenais
Boris Cypress
Valery Revitch
EditorG. Engeeva
Running time143 minutes[1]
Production companyCentral Television Studio
Original release
Release1968 (1968)[1]
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Solaris (‹See Tfd›Russian: Солярис, tr. Solyaris) is a two-part 1968 Soviet television play[1] in black-and-white based on the 1961 novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem. It was the first film adaptation of the novel.[3]

It was first aired on Channel 1 of the Soviet Central Television on October 8–9, 1968, with repeat on October 10–11, 1968.[2]

On January 29, 2009 the film was released on DVD (in Russian).[4]

On 14 April 2019 the film was shown under the title Solyaris [5] at the Barbican Centre in London (as part of the Stanislaw Lem on Film series within the Kinoteka festival of Polish film) with English subtitles commissioned for the screening that were composited over the film live by the translator.

  1. ^ a b c d "Solyaris (1968)". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2013.[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ a b c Andrej Tarkovskij: Klassiker – Классик – Classic – Classico: Beiträge zum internationalen Tarkovskij-Symposium an der Universität Potsdam ; Band 1, 2016, ISBN 3-86956-351-6, p. 50 Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Солярис. Kino-Teatr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Солярис (ТВ). Солярис (in Russian). Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Solyaris (PG*) + introduction Stanislaw Lem on Film". Retrieved April 5, 2019.