DVD

Solaris [videorecording] / Mosfilm ; stsenarii F. Gorenshteina, A. Tarkovskogo ; postanovka Andreia Tarkovskogo.

Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsen'evich, 1932-1986 (Added Author). Gorenshteĭn, Fridrikh, 1932-2002 (Added Author). Bondarchuk, Natalia, 1950- (Added Author). Banionis, Donatas, 1924- (Added Author). Dvorzhet︠s︡kiĭ, Vladislav, 1939-1978 (Added Author). Solonit︠s︡yn, Anatoliĭ Alekseevich, 1934-1982 (Added Author). Usov, Vadim, 1929- (Added Author). Feĭgova, L. (Added Author). Artemʹev, Ėduard. (Added Author). Grinko, Nikolai, 1920-1989 (Added Author). Lem, Stanisław. Solaris. (Added Author). Moskovskaia kinostudiia "Mosfilm." (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.

Record details

ISBN: 1780026071
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (169 min.) : digital, sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2002, 1972.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972. Based on the novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem. Special features: Audio essay by Tarkovsky scholars Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie; 9 deleted and alternative scenes; video interviews with Natalya Bondarchuk, Vadim Yusov, Mikhail Romadin and Eduard Artemyev; documentary excerpt with Solaris author Stanislaw Lem; improved English subtitle translation. Pamphlet in container; includes essays on Solaris by Akira Kurosawa and Phillip Lopate.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Andrei Tarkovsky ; screenplay, Fridrikh Gorenshtein, Andrei Tarkovsky ; cinematography, Vadim Yusov ; art direction, Mikhail Romadin, music, Eduard Artemyev ; sound, Semyon Litvinov.
Participant or Performer Note:	Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Yuri Yarvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Grinko, Anatoly Solonitsyn.
System Details Note:	DVD ; 16:9 aspect ratio ; Dolby digital mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library, ILL.
Language Note:	Russian with optional English subtitles.