Branislav "Branko" Milićević ( sr-cyr, Бранислав "Бранко" Милићевић; born 6 May 1946), also known by his
stage name
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Branko Kockica (''Branko the Little Cube''), is a Serbian actor known for his roles in children's TV shows.
Early life
Born in
Zemun
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, at the time in
Yugoslavia
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, he became a singer in his childhood. He later became famous for his work on a television series for children entitled ''Kocka, kocka, kockica'' (''Cube, Cube, Cubelet'') which was on the air for several decades on
TV Belgrade
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.
Cube, Cube, Cubelet
In 1974, on Belgrade TV (Channel 1), Branko started the children TV series ''Kocka, kocka, kockica'' (''Cube, Cube, Cubelet''). Over the next twenty years 250 episodes were shown, terminating in 1994.
In 2003 several new episodes were released in order to try to revive the show, but it never reached the popularity of the original series.
In 1979, the series won first prize at the Educational TV Festival in Japan.
“The Snail” theatre
“The Snail” theatre was established in 1977 by Milićević and his wife Slobodanka (Caca) Aleksić.
References
External links
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The Snail theatrewww.blic.rs Uz malisane 33 godine
1946 births
Living people
People from Zemun
Male actors from Belgrade
Serbian male actors
University of Belgrade alumni
Serbian children's writers
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Television show creators
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