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Russophiles: "War and Peace" and "Solaris:" strange connection!
Posted by tinear on October 29, 2020 at 10:51:35:
The daughter of Bondarchuk (who directed and starred as Pierre in "War and Peace") played the central film role in Tarkovksy's, "Solaris." And... Bainionis, the lead actor in "Solaris," who was a Lithuanian actor who had to have his lines dubbed into Russian: "Vladimir Putin once stated that Banionis' part in the 1968 Soviet spy film "Dead Season" was the reason why he joined the KGB.[3]
(wikipedia)
Bizarre, no? See what watching this stuff can lead to?
(I understand that Lithuania has a terrific film history--- but I just can't find any to watch. In the past, I reached out to the Lithuanian consulate, with no success).