Solaris (1968 film)
| Solaris | |
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Solaris (1968), the 2009 DVD release cover | |
| Солярис | |
| Based on | Solaris by Stanisław Lem |
| Written by | Nikolay Kemasky |
| Directed by | Boris Nirenburg Lidiya Ishimbayeva |
| Starring | Vasily Lanovoy Vladimir Etush Viktor Zozulin Antonina Pilyus |
| Music by | A. Kliot |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Original language | Russian |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Yuri Bouguenais Boris Cypress Valery Revitch |
| Editor | G. Engeeva |
| Running time | 143 minutes |
| Production company | Central Television Studio |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1968 |
Solaris (Russian: Солярис, tr. Solyaris) is a two-part 1968 Soviet television play in black-and-white based on the 1961 novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem. It was the first film adaptation of the novel.
It was first aired on Channel 1 of the Soviet Central Television on October 8–9, 1968, with repeat on October 10–11, 1968.
On January 29, 2009 the film was released on DVD (in Russian).
On 14 April 2019 the film was shown under the title Solyaris 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.