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Donatas Banionis was born on 28 April 1924 in Kaunas, Lithuania, to a family of labourers. His father was Juozas Banionis and his mother Ona Blažaitytė Banionienė. [2] [3] He graduated from the First Kaunas Handicraft School, specialising in ceramics. During his studies he participated in a drama club. [2] [3]
Romuva Cinema (Lithuanian: Romuvos kino teatras) is the oldest still operational movie theater in Lithuania. [2] The building was designed by the architect Nikolajus Mačiulskis and was completed on April 13, 1940. [3] In 2015, the building was one of 44 objects in Kaunas to receive the European Heritage Label. [4]
It was the last movie Martin Mull starred in before his death in 2024. A Futile and Stupid Gesture had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2018, [ 1 ] and was released on January 26, 2018, by Netflix .
A Japanese TV station in Japan made a documentary film about Chiune Sugihara. This film was shot in Kaunas, at the place of the former embassy of Japan. Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness (2000) from PBS shares details of Sugihara and his family and the fascinating relationship between the Jews and the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s. [72]
During the 1980s basketball was an important outlet of national feelings, particularly when the country's favorite team, Žalgiris Kaunas, played against CSKA Moscow in the finals of the Soviet Union league. The Lithuanian basketball medals in the 1992 Olympic Games encouraged this symbolism.
Kaunas International Film Festival (Lithuanian: Tarptautinis Kauno kino festivalis) is a film festival founded in 2007 by Visos mūzos and held in October each year in Kaunas and Vilnius, Lithuania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has at times visited other cities in the country, such as Panevėžys and Nida . [ 4 ]
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Pasaka Cinema (Lithuanian: Pasakos kino teatras) is an Art Deco style former cinema in Kaunas, Lithuania. [1] At that time of the opening, the cinema was amongst the most modern in Kaunas. [ 2 ]