Donatas Banionis

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Donatas Banionis (born April 28, 1924 in Kaunas , † September 4, 2014 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian or Soviet actor. He was one of the most famous actors in the Soviet Union .

Life

Banionis began his career as an actor after attending a ceramic school at the Drama Theater in Panevėžys , before he also took part in films in 1959. His portrayal of the character of the farmer Vaitkus in Nobody wanted to die (1965) ( Niekas nenorėjo mirti , Russian: Никто не хотел умирать ) by Vytautas Žalakevičius won him the Acting Award of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival . Banionis soon became a sought-after actor, so that larger and more elaborate national and international projects followed, for example a role in Mikhail Kalatosov's Soviet-Italian co-production The Red Tent (1969).

In the leading role of Francisco de Goya in Konrad Wolf's literary film adaptation Goya - or the arge path of knowledge , for which Banionis was awarded the GDR National Prize, as Beethoven in Horst Seemann 's Beethoven - Tage aus einer Leben (1976) and as Mauris in Wolfs Mama, ich lebe (1977) he was also active in the GDR for DEFA .

One of his best-known roles is the psychologist Kris Kelvin in the science fiction film Solaris (1972) directed by Andrei Tarkowski .

Banionis received numerous awards in Lithuania and the Soviet Union and in 1974 became a member of the Supreme Soviet .

KGB activity

Donatas Banionis was a KGB agent (pseudonym "Bronius"). He was recruited by the Soviet secret service in Soviet Lithuania in October 1970 . Banionis established contacts with its compatriots abroad and shared information about Lithuanians in America, USA, etc.

family

Banionis was married. On April 2, 1948, he married the actress Ona Konkulevičiūtė (1924-2008). They had the sons Egidijus (1948-1993) and Raimundas Banionis (* 1957), who is also an actor. Donatas Banionis had four grandchildren and three great-granddaughters.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: The Little Prince (Malenki prinz)
  • 1966: be careful, car thief! (Beregis Avtomobilja)
  • 1966: Nobody wanted to die (Niekas nenrejo mirti)
  • 1968: Dead season (Mjortwy seson)
  • 1969: The red tent (Krasnaja palatka)
  • 1971: Goya - or the terrible path to knowledge
  • 1972: The commander of the submarine "Happy Pike" (Komandir "Shchastliwoi Shchuki")
  • 1972: Solaris (Soljaris)
  • 1973: Captain Dshek (Kapitan Dschek)
  • 1976: Beethoven - Days in One Life
  • 1976: Life and death of Ferdinand Luce (Schisn i smert Ferdinanda Ljusa)
  • 1977: Through the wild west (Wooruschon i otschen opassen)
  • 1977: Mom, I'm alive
  • 1979: Gold prospector in the Arctic (Territorija)
  • 1979: Centaurs (Kentawry)
  • 1980: The Magic Shell (Andrius)
  • 1981: The fact (fact)
  • 1987: At dawn (Na ischode notschi)
  • 1989: Vera - The difficult path to knowledge
  • 1999: The Court (Kiemas)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donato Banionio gyvenimo variklis buvo kūryba.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary on lrytas.lt of September 4, 2014 (Latvian, accessed September 5, 2014).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lrytas.lt  
  2. ↑ [1] (daily newspaper 15min )
personal data
SURNAME Banionis, Donatas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banionis, Donatas Juozovič
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaunas
DATE OF DEATH 4th September 2014
Place of death Vilnius