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A pastor buying a stolen car in Eldar Ryazanov's tragicomedy - this is how the domestic audience first saw Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis on screen. A few years later, he would go beyond episodic roles and first play intelligence officer Konstantin Ladeynikov in the detective Dead Season, and then psychologist Chris Kelvin in Tarkovsky's drama Solaris. Passers-by on the street rarely recognized Donatas Banionis as a famous actor. He did not have the fame of his star characters; in real life, the People's Artist of the USSR was a completely ordinary person. However, directors noted that there was a mystery, drama, or even an abyss in him, which became clearly visible when the camera was turned on. #ourcinema #mirdoc