Poland

1972 / 33" x 22.5"
Andrzej Bertrandt Art


U.S.A.

1972 / 1 sheet

[ alternate scan ] The text in the poster at left reads: MINDBENDING!... SOLARIS is the nearest the cinema has come to capturing the of modern science fiction with it's (sic) intermingling of time and ... NATALYA BONDARCHUK is the most seductive other- worlder the has yet shown us". PETER STRICK / SIGHT and SOUND. It is at once the most fantastic work of art I have ever envisioned in my wildest most dream. It is super, super artistic... Trying to give a graphic feeling of the film of all time is trying to say the least... no two persons will see it alike, will take what they need or want from it". VALENTINE SHERRY / NEWS / N.J. "TARKOVSKI is one of the best things to happen in world cinema in a long time". MONTAGU / SIGHT and SOUND. "The BEST SCI / FICTION FILM EVER MADE"... WINNER OF GRAND JURY / FILM FESTIVAL AWARD. ... a SCI/FI PICTURES CO... MAGNA DISTRIBUTING... directed by TARKOVSKI.

U.S.A.

Alternate version (insert)


Soviet Union

1972 / 23" x 33"
Original Soviet poster

[ alternate scan ] The poster was made for export, and used in e.g., GDR. The release of Solaris in the Soviet Union was very limited; there is no known Russian-language (cyrillic) poster, according to some sources. Solaris was a Category 3 release, which is the smallest limited release possible, with only 2 to 5 screening rooms in the whole country, limited time, almost no marketing. The movie was presumably considered "too artsy."

P.S.: That's what we held to for years, anyway, before the below poster turned up.

Soviet Union

1972 / 34" x 21.5" / Romadin Art

Authenticity is not yet confirmed. See also blurb for above poster.
[ enlargment of footer ]

Soviet Union

1972 / 26" x 17"

Authenticity is not yet confirmed. See also blurb for above poster.

East Germany (GDR)

1980s / 23" x 16"

Issued is connection with the 2nd release of the movie, in the 1980s. Compare to above original release poster.
[ alternate scan | alternate scan ]

Japan

Advance movie ticket.

Japan

1972 / 20" x 29"

[ reprint | reprint ]

Japan

1987 or later / chirashi

[ rear of chirashi ]

Japan

1978 / chirashi / 18.2 cm x 26.8 cm

Similar to the below 1977 poster. The film was shown again in 1978, together with Pochomukin, to commemorate the 80th birthday of Eisenstein, late June 1978, at the Nichigeki Bunka Theater in Tokyo (this poster).
rear of chirashi ]

Japan

1977 / chirashi

Japanese premiere, Iwanami Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 29 April 1977.
[ Rear of chirashi ]

France

120 cm x 80 cm

First printing. Note mis-spelling: Solarisse. These posters were recalled, last "se" was masked out with paper, and they were re-issued in that form.

France

1972 / 120 cm x 80 cm

Re-issue of above poster, with mis-spelling masked out.
[ second printing - no typo ]

Spain

1972 / 120 cm x 80 cm


Italy

1972 / 78" x 55" / 2 panels
Casaro Art

[ alternate scan ]

Italy

1974 / 39" x 55"
Renato Casaro or Antonio Mos Art [?]


Italy

1974 / 39" x 55"
Renato Casaro or Antonio Mos Art [?]


Italy

1974 / 19" x 27" / set of 5


Italy

1974 / 1-sheet / 27" x 37"

[ alternate scan ]

Italy

1974 / 1-sheet / 27" x 37"

Rarely seen alternate version 1-sh

Italy

1974 [or 1976?] / 13" x 28" / locandina
Casaro Art

[ alternate scan ]

Germany

1974


Czechoslovakia

1974 / 11" x 16"

[ alternate scan ]

United Kingdom

quad


U.S.A.


Sweden



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