Donatas Banionis

Born: 1924-04-28

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.


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as Kris Kelvin
Released: 1972-03-20

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the...

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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

as Kris Kelvin (archive footage)
Released: 2017-11-04

Oscar winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto weaves man-made and natural sounds together in his...

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Beware of the Car!

as Priest
Released: 1966-05-22

An insurance agent who moonlights as a carthief steals cars various crooks and never from the...

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The Red Tent

as Adalberto Mariano
Released: 1969-12-23

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic...

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The Little Prince

as Adult
Released: 1966-12-06

Based on the classic novella, "Le petit prince", by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

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Revisiting Solaris

as Chris Kelvin
Released: 2007-01-01

The astronaut Chris Kelvin receives a visit from a woman who is a double of his dead wife. This...

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King Lear

as Albany
Released: 1970-12-15

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...

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I'm Sorry

as Guest from Vilnius
Released: 1982-12-05

Pranas, now a celebrity singer, returns to his homeland from a big city. He is greeted at the...

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Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben

as Ludwig van Beethoven
Released: 1976-10-14

Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras...

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Mama, I’m Alive

as Mauris
Released: 1977-02-24

In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers....

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The Limit of Truth

as Ožoginas
Released: 1986-02-04

Tele play about scientists.

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Nobody Wanted to Die

as Vaitkus
Released: 1965-12-24

The film is set in Lithuania after the Second World War. It shows dramatic events in a small...

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The Courtyard

as The old man
Released: 2000-03-08

The first feature of Lithuanian Valdas Navasaitis is a drama which unravels the hopeless 1970s,...

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The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

as Viktor Sherknis
Released: 1973-04-29

1942, Polar region. The Germans are preparing to capture Murmansk. The submarine Sch-721 is...

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Maryte

as Nephew of Petras
Released: 1947-01-01

The poor Melnik family lives in Zarasai region. Elder Mary parents struggle to send Marry to...

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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

as Self
Released: 1986-02-22

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community...

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The Dead Season

as Konstantin Ladeinikov
Released: 1968-12-20

Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town...

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Operation 'Trust'

as Eduard Ottovich Staunits
Released: 1967-06-06

A story about CHeKa operation against a foreign spies during the early years of Soviet Russia.

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Armed and Very Dangerous

as Gabriel Conroy
Released: 1978-01-09

America’s Wild West of the last third of the 19th century. Thousands of people rushed here in...

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Fact

as Colonel Titel
Released: 1981-06-04

Facts is a dramatization of a massacre in a Lithuanian village during World War II when Nazis...

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Meeting

as uncredited
Released: 2005-05-30

Based on the play “Impossible Meeting” by P. Barz.

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Snake Catcher

as Mitrich-Kolobok
Released: 1986-03-14

The former director of a large deli Pavel Shorokhov, having returned from prison and not...

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Medaus mėnuo Amerikoje

as uncredited
Released: 1982-11-01

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Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

as Goya
Released: 1971-09-15

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He...

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Andrius

as Rauplėnas
Released: 1980-12-29

A young boy Andrius learns a magic words which open a door to another world.

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Seven Days After the Murder

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-03

A terrible tragedy occurs in the family of a famous general: one of his daughters is killed. The...

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Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self
Released: 2012-04-04

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to...

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Bloodsuckers

as Telyaev
Released: 1991-01-01

When a young man wants to marry a poor girl, her cousin envies her very much. She even makes...

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Шляхтич Завальня

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-01

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Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-29

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Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun

as Sveneld
Released: 2004-12-31

The second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars"....

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Entrance to Labyrinth

as Mazardi
Released: 1990-05-01

The actions of this mystery movie takes both in the past (in medieval times, as the scientists'...

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The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

as uncredited
Released: 2004-12-31

The first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars"....

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Cry of a Dolphin

as Bar-Mattay, professor, psychologist (voiced by Yuri Chekulaev)
Released: 1986-01-01

The crew of the new American strategic missile submarine "Archelon" is struck by an unknown...

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The Chronicle of One Day

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-29

An academic heads to Leningrad to attend the funeral of an old friend.

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The Adventures of Prince Florisel

as Ник Николс, "Председатель"
Released: 1979-01-01

A mostly comical tale of all-powerful and wealthy Bavarian prince adventures that started when...

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Escape of Mr. McKinley

as мистер Мак-Кинли
Released: 1975-12-15

A man decides to escape into the future by the way of hibernation. When he wakes up, feeling...

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A Child's World

as Mikhail Rasporkin
Released: 1982-03-21

A middle-aged jeweler is falling in love with a glorious woman. She, raising a son alone, is in...

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Where have you been, Odysseus?

as uncredited
Released: 1978-09-13

A story of a Soviet spy working in France during WWII.

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Identification Marks None

as Harting
Released: 1979-01-01

Drama about Feliks Dzerzhinsky's life

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Yatra Witch

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-17

Soviet horror movie based on the play by the writer Vyacheslav Adamchik Raisa Gromyko. The film...

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Unseeded Rye Blossom

as Antanas Petrušonis
Released: 1979-11-01

A man who abandoned his wife and son 20 years ago is forced to deal with the consequences.

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На исходе ночи

as uncredited
Released: 1988-05-16

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The Centaurs

as The President
Released: 1979-01-29

The story takes place in an unnamed Latin Country.

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Adam Wants to Be a Man

as Dausa
Released: 1960-03-06

In a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds,...

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Nicolo Paganini

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-02

Biopic about Niccolo Paganini. He receives training from his father in early childhood. The best...

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Human Target

as uncredited
Released: 1990-06-04

A detective goes undercover in a small Russian town.

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Cash Collector's Bag

as Aleksey Tulyakov
Released: 1977-12-01

Two cash collectors are found burned with their car but the bag is missing. Two detectives -...

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Territory

as Chinkov
Released: 1979-12-01

Discovery of gold by a group of tough people in the far Northeast of Russia.

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Depression

as "Oldster"
Released: 1991-06-06

A crime story which take action in Riga Sea Port.

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The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

as uncredited
Released: 1977-02-07

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The Silent Lithuanian Revolution

as Donatas Banionis
Released: 2013-02-07

The revolution in Lithuania has already started, but no one knows who announced it and who is...

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March, march! Tra-ta-ta!

as Major Varnalesa
Released: 1964-12-27

Directed by Raimondas Vabalas, an eccentric and buffoonish tragicomedy and a satirical pamphlet,...

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Discovery

as Сергей Матвеевич Юрышев (академик)
Released: 1973-06-22

This story is told by academician S. Yuryshev, Director of the Institute of applied...

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Капитан Джек

as Митя
Released: 1972-04-02

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Загон

as uncredited
Released: 1988-03-19

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Adomas Mickevičius. 1798 - 1855. Realybės versijos

as uncredited
Released: 1998-01-01

A documentary film about Adomas Mickevičius.

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Entrance to the Maze

as Mazardi
First aired: 1990-05-01

A Russian mystery miniseries set both in medieval times and in the days of Perestroika.

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The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

as Ferdinand Luce - left-wing journalist
First aired: 1977-02-07

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Nero Wolfe i Archie Goodwin

as Nero Wolfe
First aired: 2002-01-03

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Novye priklyucheniya Niro Vulfa i Archi Gudvina

as Nero Wolfe
First aired: 2008-07-07

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