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Donatas Banionis portrait

Donatas Banionis

6 films

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.

Where to Start with Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis appears in 6 films in the Pulse of Cinema catalogue. The highest Pulse-rated are Solaris, Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA, King Lear, a strong place to start exploring Donatas Banionis's work.

Solaris 84

Solaris

1972
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA 75

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA

2017
King Lear 73

King Lear

1970

Donatas Banionis: Films 6

Solaris 84

Solaris

1972
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA 75

Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA

2017
King Lear 73

King Lear

1970
Nobody Wanted to Die 68

Nobody Wanted to Die

1966
The Dead Season 68

The Dead Season

1968
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment 67

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

1971

Frequent Collaborators

Jüri Järvet Jüri Järvet 3 films together Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Tarkovsky 1 film together Natalya Bondarchuk Natalya Bondarchuk 1 film together Vladislav Dvorzhetsky Vladislav Dvorzhetsky 1 film together Mykola Hrynko Mykola Hrynko 1 film together Anatoliy Solonitsyn Anatoliy Solonitsyn 1 film together