Space pilot Ijon Tichy, travels in his three-room-rocket together with his holographic and/or hallucinogenic colleague Halluzinelle and the ugly dog-like extraterrestrial being Mel. The conflicts between the bad feelings of Halluzinelle about the stubbornness of the space pilot always end up in difficult situations in which it is the mission to find the most irritating solution...
A star-ship returns to Earth after many years in space. They find the Earth changed: a new Utopian society exists with no violence or wars. To achieve that, however, all humans must undergo a medical procedure.
The amazing imaginative fiction author Stanislaw Lem wrote this visually stunning East German space exploration film with a dated but still thoughtful message. The Sets of Der Schweigende Stern are detailed and beautiful - giving the film an amazingly alien feel. The cinematography varies from excellent to mediocre, and the visual effects are cleverly done - relying on actual p...
心理学家克里斯凯尔文（Donatas Banionis 饰）在飞往索拉瑞斯星之前来到儿时的父母家与当年的索拉瑞斯飞行员亨利伯顿（Vladislav Dvorzhetsky 饰）见面。伯顿警告凯尔文索拉瑞斯星上会有不可思议的奇事发生，但后者并不以为意。凯尔文离开前，当 着父亲（尼古莱格陵柯Nikolai Grinko 饰）的面焚毁了自己的个人物品。凯尔文到达索拉瑞斯星附近的太空站后，对科学家奇巴瑞安博士（Sos Sargsyan 饰）之死进行调查，却发现自己多年前已经去世的妻子哈莉（Natalya Bondarchuk 饰）竟突然出现。惊慌失措的凯尔文与太空站上的科学家们讨论该如何面对怪事，却发现原来每人都深受其扰，不明就里……
本片被提名1972年戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，并获同年戛纳电影节评委会大奖和国际影评人协会大奖。
