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另三位科学家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。The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the mysterious demise of one of the three scientists on the base, the main character is sent out to replace him. He finds the station run-down and the two remaining scientists cold and secretive. When he also encounters his wife who has been dead for ten years, he begins to appreciate the baffling nature of the alien intelligence.