Solaris (1968 film)
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Solaris (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]
Solaris (Солярис)[1] | |
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Directed by | Boris Nirenburg [ru][2] Lidiya Ishimbayeva[2] |
Written by | Nikolay Kemasky |
Based on | Solaris 1961 novel by Stanisław Lem |
Starring | Vasily Lanovoy Vladimir Etush Viktor Zozulin Antonina Pilyus |
Cinematography | Yuri Bouguenais Boris Cypress Valery Revitch |
Edited by | G. Engeeva |
Music by | A. Kliot |
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Running time | 143 minutes[1] |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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.