Donatas Banionis

Acting

Donatas Banionis

Born April 28, 1924 · Kaunas, Lithuania

Died September 4, 2014 · aged 90

Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Known For

SolarisSolaris · 1972
Solaris
7.81972
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Капитан ДжекКапитан Джек · 1972
Капитан Джек
7.01972
MovieRomanceFamily
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODARyuichi Sakamoto: CODA · 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
7.42017
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his works. His anti-nuclear activism grew after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and his career only paused after a 2014 cancer diagnosis.
Unseeded Rye BlossomUnseeded Rye Blossom · 1979
Unseeded Rye Blossom
1979
MovieDrama
A man who abandoned his wife and son 20 years ago is forced to deal with the consequences.
MaryteMaryte · 1947
Maryte
8.01947
Movie
The poor Melnik family lives in Zarasai region. Elder Mary parents struggle to send Marry to school but they did this anyway. The horizons of the girl, who until then had learned only from the old grandfather Peter, are spreading there, she, as if seeing herself in her place, tells the class about the legendary hero of Lithuanian history Grazina. Deprivation prevents Maryte from graduating, so she starts working in a candy factory where she hears political inferences. 1940, Vilnius is returned to Lithuania. Maryte, her best friend Elena and a group of young people in national costumes get ready to walk to the capital. In the periphery, the Bolsheviks remember the land of the rich, distribute it to the poor, and Mary dreams of continuing her studies and becoming a doctor. The dream is interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.
The Red TentThe Red Tent · 1969
The Red Tent
6.11969
MovieAdventureDrama
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
In a Remote HomesteadIn a Remote Homestead · 1966
In a Remote Homestead
1966
MovieDrama
Based on the story of Pyatras Tsvirka "The Well". The story of how Matas Kryauza, a farmer, wanting to take over the farm of his father-in-law, who had deceived him with a dowry, buried Motskus's father alive by boarding up an old well, where Motskus drunkenly fell.
AndriusAndrius · 1980
Andrius
7.51980
MovieFamilyFantasy
A young boy Andrius learns a magic words which open a door to another world.

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MaryteMaryte · 1947
Maryte
8.01947
Movie
The poor Melnik family lives in Zarasai region. Elder Mary parents struggle to send Marry to school but they did this anyway. The horizons of the girl, who until then had learned only from the old grandfather Peter, are spreading there, she, as if seeing herself in her place, tells the class about the legendary hero of Lithuanian history Grazina. Deprivation prevents Maryte from graduating, so she starts working in a candy factory where she hears political inferences. 1940, Vilnius is returned to Lithuania. Maryte, her best friend Elena and a group of young people in national costumes get ready to walk to the capital. In the periphery, the Bolsheviks remember the land of the rich, distribute it to the poor, and Mary dreams of continuing her studies and becoming a doctor. The dream is interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.

Nephew of Petras

The CourtyardThe Courtyard · 2000
The Courtyard
7.02000
MovieDrama
The first feature of Lithuanian Valdas Navasaitis is a drama which unravels the hopeless 1970s, when people were deprived of their roots and forced to sit and watch their lives slip from their fingers. In a decrepit house that once belonged to a bourgeois family, several families seek shelter. Senis, a 65-year-old alcoholic, lives on the ground floor with his wife and their 16-year-old daughter. Senis is a survivor of the Nazis as well as the communist camps. He drowns the pain of his memories in a nearby pub and in talking to a depressed young laborer, Lorenca. Later on, a young couple and a lonely eccentric who enjoys only his cat's company join the inhabitants. Children wile away the time with useless games or spying on adults. When Lorenca hangs himself at the ruins of a nearby factory, the lives are shaken up. During the dinner held for the deceased, they find a moment of common hope.

The old man