Stanisław Lem

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Polacy Polacy
1

Polacy Polacy

May 28, 2003

Polacy Polacy
2003 28 min 1 vues
For decades the photographer Krzysztof Gierłatowski has portrayed eminent Polish figures, thus creating an invaluable visual testimony. This time his "victims" are well-known citizens of Kraków: Stanisław Lem, one of the most brilliant, versatile, and unapologetically cerebral science fiction writers, author of 'Solaris'; Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the most esteemed and widely discussed Polish composers of the 20th century; and Wisława Szymborska, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1996, one of the few women poets who has received the Swedish prize. Gierłatowski assumes the role of a modern Stańczyk, a legendary thinker-jester, prophesying on the historical Polish Republic in his dramatic conviction that History annihilated the intellectual elite of his nation and the future will bring awe and destruction.
Documentary
Solaris
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Solaris

Jan 01, 2007

Solaris
2007 90 min 1 vues
Shot while the director was still in college, the film is a remake of the Russian film of the same name. The man's dead ex who had committed suicide appears in front of him. The ghost has a cross-like scar on her wrist.
Drama
L'étoile du silence
4.7

L'étoile du silence

Feb 26, 1960

L'étoile du silence
1960 79 min 73 vues
Shot while the director was still in college, the film is a remake of the Russian film of the same name. The man's dead ex who had committed suicide appears in front of him. The ghost has a cross-like scar on her wrist.
Science Fiction
1
6.2

1

Nov 05, 2009

1
2009 91 min 115 vues
A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously and filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn't appear to have a publisher or author. The strange almanac describes what happens to humanity in a minute. A police investigation begins and the bookshop staff are placed in solitary confinement by the Bureau for Paranormal Research. As the investigation progresses, the situation becomes more complex and the book becomes increasingly well-known, raising numerous controversies. Plagued by doubts, the protagonist has to face facts: reality only exists in the imagination of individuals.
Science Fiction
Powrót
6.653

Powrót

Jan 01, 2008

Powrót
2008 8 min 582 vues
Polish animator Anna Błaszczyk’s humorous short—a collage of drawing, cut-out, and computer animation—was inspired by Stanisław Lem’s 1961 novel Return from the Stars, a time-paradox tale of an astronaut who returns to Earth after many years away.
Animation
Maszyna Trurla
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Maszyna Trurla

Jan 01, 1975

Maszyna Trurla
1975 8 min 1 vues
A short animation inspired by the Stanisław Lem short story about Trurl from "The Cyberiad".
Animation
Revisiting Solaris
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Revisiting Solaris

Jan 01, 2007

Revisiting Solaris
2007 18 min 1 vues
The astronaut Chris Kelvin receives a visit from a woman who is a double of his dead wife. This story, told in Stanislaw Lem’s eponymous novel, was once adapted into the film Solaris by the legendary Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky. According to Deimantas Narkevičius, Tarkovsky was not as critical of the increasing impact of electronic media on relationships and on the complex nature of human memory as Lem, the original author of the story. In this video, the actor Donatas Banionis reappears in his role as Kelvin, forty years after Tarkovsky’s film was shot. Revisiting Solaris is based on the last chapter of Lem's book, which had been left out of Tarkovsky’s adaptation. In order to visualize the landscape of Solaris and expose complex specters of the past, Narkevičius combines the new footage and a series of photos from 1905 taken by the Lithuanian painter and composer Mykolojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.
Science Fiction
Szpital Przemienienia
6.2

Szpital Przemienienia

Mar 28, 1979

Szpital Przemienienia
1979 90 min 13 vues
Shortly after the beginning of World War 2 a young idealist doctor is employed in a psychiatric hospital, where his notions of proper care for the patients are challenged by staff and the German occupation.
Drama
Maska
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Maska

Mar 27, 2010

Maska
2010 23 min 10 vues
"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an adaptation of Stanisław Lem’s short story of the same title. The action of “Maska” is set in a technologically developed but, at the same time, feudal world. Beautiful Duenna was created in order to carry out certain mission. However, she will be forced to choose between accomplishing the task she was created for and love.
Animation
Pułapka
1

Pułapka

Jan 01, 1962

Pułapka
1962 10 min 1 vues
Ijon Tichy arrives on a new planet in a single-person spacecraft. His habits and fantasies are with him. The aliens recreate the sex bomb from the poster that could be found in the cabin of his spacecraft. Then, they present him a live dummy. A male-female evening in space with some pre-war music hits becomes possible.
Animation
Солярис
5.895

Солярис

Oct 08, 1968

Солярис
1968 142 min 19 vues
Kris Kelvin joins the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to find its two crew members plagued by "phantoms," creations of Solaris. Kelvin is soon confronted with his own phantom, taking the shape of his dead wife Hari.
TV Movie
Wycieczka w kosmos
1

Wycieczka w kosmos

Jun 29, 1961

Wycieczka w kosmos
1961 11 min 1 vues
An elderly traveler arrives on an alien planet. The natives greet him friendly. Cosmic virgins want to clone the guest so that each of them would have him for herself. The man from planet Earth manages to escape, but his clones remain where they are.
Animation
Doradcy króla Hydropsa
5.5

Doradcy króla Hydropsa

Jun 24, 2016

Doradcy króla Hydropsa
2016 20 min 2 vues
Animated short fim based on a short story by Stanisław Lem. Hydrops, the king of Aquacia, has ordered to his advisors to create a new heir and successor to his throne. The rivalry and intrigues between the advisors, concentrating on the good qualities that the future perfect prince should have, finally leads to the implantation of a matrix for loving small things. This is how a new obsession will be born...
Animation
Golem
7.2

Golem

Sep 19, 2012

Golem
2012 8 min 4 vues
The man-made artificial intelligence GOLEM XIV faces its creators with a detached view of human nature and its culture.
Animation
Le Congrès
6.384

Le Congrès

Jul 03, 2013

Le Congrès
2013 122 min 531 vues
GDR TV play based on a story by Stanislaw Lem.
Drama
Profesor Zazul
6.3

Profesor Zazul

Aug 27, 1968

Profesor Zazul
1968 22 min 6 vues
Tichy is caught by a storm on the side road, and therefore forced to seek shelter in strange looking house. He is welcomed by Profesor Zazul, who devoted his life to cloning experiments. Based on a short story by Stanisław Lem featured in Memories of Ijon Tichy.
TV Movie
Przyjaciel
5

Przyjaciel

Feb 27, 1965

Przyjaciel
1965 18 min 3 vues
Engineer Ijon Tichy is called in to help with a malfunctioning electronic brain.
Science Fiction
Śledztwo
1

Śledztwo

Jun 23, 1974

Śledztwo
1974 53 min 1 vues
A Scotland Yard officer investigates the mysterious disappearance of a series of corpses. Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem.
Mystery
Przekładaniec
6.8

Przekładaniec

Mar 17, 1968

Przekładaniec
1968 35 min 13 vues
Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris). The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?
Comedy
Commander Pirx
1

Commander Pirx

Jan 01, 1970

Commander Pirx
1970 137 min 1 vues
The psychological thriller based on Stanislaw Lem’s work unravels in the present day or in the very near future. Western society is tired of the military ‘peace missions’ into conflict regions of third world countries. Too much blood and resources have flown into foreign desert sand. The one way out – both ethically and materially – is to replace human soldiers with robots. Artificial intelligence, which is not influenced by fear or vengeance, would make more rational decisions on the battlefield than humans. It would not need training, sleep or food. It could continue functioning even when it is severely injured and the casualties among the ‘machines’ would leave the public unmoved.
Ikarie XB 1
6.8

Ikarie XB 1

Jul 26, 1963

Ikarie XB 1
1963 88 min 101 vues
GDR TV play based on a story by Stanislaw Lem.
Science Fiction
Una investigación interrumpida de R
10

Una investigación interrumpida de R

Jul 31, 2017

Una investigación interrumpida de R
2017 15 min 1 vues
An Interrupted Investigation of R is an epistemological sci-fi detective film project. In this loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's The Investigation, R, a young amateur detective, investigates a puzzling and eerie case of missing—and apparently resurrected—bodies. To unravel the mystery, R consults scientific, philosophical, and theological experts, who provide him with a range of theories and clues.
Science Fiction
The Inquest of Pilot Pirx
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The Inquest of Pilot Pirx

Jan 01, 1970

The Inquest of Pilot Pirx
1970 137 min 1 vues
Commander Pirx leads a crew of humans and androids on a rescue mission, unaware which are which. His secret task is determining if androids are superior. The mission turns perilous when sabotaged.
Science Fiction
Kosmogonik
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Kosmogonik

Jun 06, 2023

Kosmogonik
2023 9 min 1 vues
Cosmogonic is a 10 minute interactive science fiction animated short. It is the first VR experience inspired by the famous Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem — a futurist, well acquainted with how fictional worlds can often encroach upon reality. This adaptation of a 1964 novel speaks perfectly to today’s world, where populism and disinformation threaten democracy. This experience is a testament to the importance of knowledge and community in the universal drive to freedom.
Science Fiction
8.2

Nov 25, 2011
2011 min 18 vues
Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot is a satiric German television series loosely based on the series of science fiction stories The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. The television series was created by Randa Chahoud, Dennis Jacobsen, and Oliver Jahn with Jahn playing the protagonist, space traveller Ijon Tichy. The major female role is played by Nora Tschirner. The first season was aired from 26 March 2007 on ZDF on Mondays at 23:55 hours. Each episode used to be published online as a streaming video one week before the airing on ZDFmediathek, an online repository operated by that channel. In November 2011, the second season was aired on ZDFneo. Both seasons are available on DVD.
Comedy
5

Mar 30, 1973
1973 min 1 vues
Based on "Tales of Pirx the Pilot" - a science fiction stories collection by Polish author Stanisław Lem.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
8.5

Nov 27, 1983
1983 min 2 vues
Family
9

Feb 05, 1989
1989 min 1 vues
Soviet miniseries based on Stanislav Lem's book "Powrót z gwiazd" (Return from the Stars). After 9-year interstellar expedition to Fomalhaut, the astronauts returned home. On Earth 127 years had passed and everything had changed. The Earth no longer has wars, and the society is a safe and comfortable place to live, due to betrization prodcedure that turns off natural aggressive instincts at birth. But the humanity has last something more. In this Uttopian society people don't need deep emotions, a strong character, the ability to overcome oneself and win at incredible odds. Before the main character there is a choice: to accept the new norms of society, or to be seen as a savage. Or maybe to leave the Earth again on another expedition?
Sci-Fi & Fantasy