The Russian president apparently joined the KGB after seeing the Lithuanian, who went on to star in Solaris and died Thursday at 90, in a Soviet-era spy flick. Senior Political Reporter Why did ...

Russian and Lithuanian outlets are reporting that Donatas Banionis––the Lithuanian actor best known to Western moviegoers as the star of Andrei Tarkovsky’s sci-fi classic Solaris––has died following a ...

Iconic Soviet-era actor Donatas Banionis has died in Vilnius at the age of 90. Banionis's son, Raimundas, said the prominent actor known by millions in former Soviet republics died on September 4 of a ...

On April 28, Donatas Banionis turned 86 years old. Banionis lives in Vilnius together with his son and his family. Last year he was awarded that the Order of Honor by President Dmitry Medvedev for his ...

Donatas Banionis' James Bond-style character in a 1968 film motivated Russia's president to work for the intelligence service By Vladimir Kozlov Donatas Banionis, a Soviet-era star whose character in ...

There’s so much to watch this August on Netflix! Check out all the new movies, documentaries, and new and returning TV series, as well as what’s leaving. Jamie Foxx credits his sister Deidra with ...

As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, ...