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Solaris
Why this pick
Its slow, austere space inquiry turns science fiction into a probing test of memory, conscience, and what humans can truly understand—an ideal companion to Pirx’s cool moral uncertainty.
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MOVIE1979 1h 35m POL
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Humanlike robots replace humans on space missions. Test flight with robots and human crew, including commander Pirx unaware of robots' identities, evaluates robot performance/interactions. UN organizes mission to assess robot capabilities.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sergei Desnitsky
Komandor Pirx
Zbigniew Lesień
John Calder
Ferdynand Matysik
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