Danilo Stojković ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојковић; 11 August 1934 – 16 March 2002), commonly nicknamed Bata (Бата), was a
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
n theatre, television and film
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
. Stojković's numerous comedic portrayals of the "small man fighting the system" made him popular with Serbian and
ex-Yugoslav
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
audiences, most of them coming in collaborations with either director
Slobodan Šijan
Slobodan Šijan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Шијан, ; born November 16, 1946) is a Serbian film director.
Biography
Šijan was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's ...
or scriptwriter
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ковачевић, ; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in L ...
, or both.
Early career
Stojković was born in Belgrade in 1934.
By the mid-1960s, he became a well-known
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
actor. He started his
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
career with the 1964 feature ''Izdajnik'' (lit. "The Traitor").
A string of TV and minor film roles ensued, with the most important ones coming in guise of being a father figure to the main protagonist – ''Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu'' (''Beach Guard in Winter'', 1976), ''Pas koji je voleo vozove'' (''The Dog Who Loved Trains'', 1977) being the most recognizable ones – as well as the part in critically well-received ''Majstor i Margarita'' (''Il Maestro e Margherita''), 1972.
He also fulfilled the fatherly role in an immensely popular
TV show
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed betw ...
''
Grlom u jagode
''Grlom u jagode'' (Cyrillic: Грлом у јагоде, "The Unpicked Strawberries") is a 1975 Yugoslavian TV series directed by Srđan Karanović and co-written by Karanović and Rajko Grlić. Depicting the life and times of a young man nickname ...
''. The show originally aired in 1975 and kept finding its audience through numerous reruns in the 1980s and the 1990s. Most notably, he almost stole the show as the minor
antagonist
An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist.
Etymology
The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, riv ...
in
Goran Marković
Goran Marković ( sr-cyr, Горан Марковић, ) (born 24 August 1946) is a Serbian film and theatre director, screenwriter, writer, and playwright. He has directed approximately 50 documentaries, 13 feature films, and 3 theatre plays. ...
's urban classic ''Nacionalna klasa do 750 cm³'' (''National Class Category Up to 750 ccm''), 1979.
The breakthrough
Stojković worked with the director Slobodan Šijan, who was in turn most successful when working with Dušan Kovačević scripts. Kovačević, a talented
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
with a special gift for biting
satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming ...
, had a knack for writing characters which Stojković could perfectly translate to screen. The combination of those three creative talents yielded some of Yugoslavia's most memorable cinematic efforts to date.
Šijan, who previously worked with Stojković on several
TV production
A television studio, also called a television production studio, is an installation room in which video productions take place, either for the production of live television and its recording onto video tape or other media such as SSDs, or for t ...
s, made his
big screen
A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...
debut with ''
Ko to tamo peva
''Who's Singin' Over There?'' ( sh, Ko to tamo peva) is a 1980 Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav film written by Dušan Kovačević and directed by Slobodan Šijan. It is a dark comedy and features an ensemble cast. The film tells a story about a gro ...
'' (''Who's Singing Over There?'', 1980), a
farcical
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or ...
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
set at the beginning of
World War II
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in then
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. In a strong cast ensemble, Stojković distinguished himself with role of a
Germanophile
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bus passenger on the way to Beograd in the eve of 6 April 1941 – the day Belgrade was bombed by the
Axis Powers
The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...
marking Yugoslavia's entry into the war.
''Ko to tamo peva'' was released to great critical and commercial success, and has won two awards at the
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...
in
Canada
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. The success of ''Ko to tamo peva'' opened new doors for Stojković, who then established his film star status with a string of critically acclaimed roles. He appeared in
Goran Paskaljević
Goran Paskaljević ( sr-cyr, Горан Паскаљевић; ; 22 April 1947 – 25 September 2020) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav film director.
Biography
Born in Belgrade, he was raised by his grandparents in Niš in southern Serbia, foll ...
's
dark comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...
about rehab from
alcoholism
Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol (drug), alcohol that results in significant Mental health, mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognize ...
, ''Poseban tretman'' (''
Special Treatment''), 1980.
He reunited with Šijan for another high-water mark of Serbian film, the
black comedy
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...
''
Maratonci trče počasni krug
''The Marathon Family'' ( sr, Маратонци трче почасни круг / Maratonci trče počasni krug, lit. ''Marathon Runners Do a Lap of Honour'', or often simply ''Maratonci'', lit. ''The Marathon Runners'') is a 1982 Cinema of Yugo ...
'' (''Marathon Family''). The film, a humorous piece about a family whose undertaking business is being threatened by the local
mobster
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and ...
was another smash success for Šijan and Stojković, and has
cult status
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. He also voiced
Stromboli
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in the Serbian-language version of ''
Pinocchio
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''.
Marxists, spies and revolutionaries
After a couple minor roles, from which his turn as the school principal in comedy ''Idemo dalje'' (lit. ''Moving On'', 1982) deserved some mention, Stojković delivered a trio of performances which would ultimately cement his place in the Yugoslavian acting hall of fame. Oddly enough, all three of those roles would involve him portraying a character closely related to the
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
ideals – or better said, satirizing a stereotype of "party men" or "
marxist
Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...
revolutionaries".
First was his portrait of a
homeless
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are:
* living on the streets, also kn ...
wannabe revolutionary Babi Pupuška, in Šijan's ''Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota'' (''How I Got Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot'', (1983), a story about a man who embarks on a soul-searching journey after hearing the, for him at least, shattering news of
Che Guevara
Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...
's demise. Building momentum from this film onward, Stojković fused his father figure persona he honed in the 1970s with the
Marxist
Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...
nut of Babi Pupuška, and delivered another bravura performance in Goran Paskaljević's elegiac ''
Varljivo leto '68
''The Elusive Summer of '68'' ( sh, Varljivo leto '68; sr-cyr, Варљиво лето '68) is a 1984 Yugoslav film directed by Goran Paskaljević. It depicts a summer dominated by protests, as seen from the point of view of a teenage boy in Y ...
'' (''The Elusive Summer of '68'', 1984). Stojković's character of a hardline Marxist father, who cannot bear to witness the events of the 1968 unfold before his very own eyes, struck a chord with audiences.
Again uniting his talents with those of Dušan Kovačević, Stojković delivered his ultimate film performance – that of the staunch
Stalinist
Stalinism is the means of governing and Marxist-Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1953 by Joseph Stalin. It included the creation of a one-party totalitarian police state, rapid industrialization, the theory o ...
and a full-time paranoid in ''
Balkanski špijun'' (''Balkan Spy'', 1984), which was jointly directed by Božidar Nikolić and Kovačević himself. With Kovačević at his sharpest, Stojković made the role of
ex-political prisoner Ilija Čvorović completely his own. Critics often single out this role as Stojković's most notable.
Late years and death
His role in ''Balkanski špijun'' was one of the last major theatrical roles for Stojković. After his major successes of the early 1980s, Stojković concentrated mainly on television and theatre, with an odd supporting role here and there. He was effective in both ''Vreme čuda'' (lit. ''Time of the Miracles'', 1989) and ''
Sabirni centar
''The Meeting Point'' (''Sabirni centar'') is a 1989 Yugoslavian fantasy/comedy-drama film directed by Goran Marković and starring Rade Marković, Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Nikolić, Mirjana Karanović and Anica Dobra. It is based on Dušan Kovačev ...
'' (''The Collective Center''), and had a memorable
cameo in ''
Balkan Express 2'' (1989). His most famous theatrical role was that of Luka Laban, in another Kovačević play, ''
Profesionalac
''The Professional'' ( sr, Професионалац / ''Profesionalac'') is a 2003 Serbian comedy/drama film, written and directed by Dušan Kovačević and based on his 1990 play of the same name. The film enjoys cult status and is a dark come ...
'' (lit. "The Professional"). He played the role until a few days before his death. In an interview in 2007 his wife told that she drove him from the hospital to his last plays and returned him to the hospital bed after the play.
In the 1990s, Stojković cameoed in ''
Crni bombarder
The Black Bomber ( sr, Црни бомбардер, Crni Bombarder) is a 1992 Yugoslavian drama film by Serbian director Darko Bajić. It takes place in Belgrade in a fictional authoritarian near-future, modeled closely on the conditions in Serbi ...
'' (''The Black Bomber'', 1992), and had minor roles in movies such as
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
's ''
Underground
Underground most commonly refers to:
* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground (S ...
'' (1995) and
Darko Bajić
Darko Bajić (born on 14 May 1955) is a Serbian film director. He directed many movies and TV series popular with Serbian audience such as War Live, The Black Bomber, Sivi dom and Zaboravljeni.
Filmography
* Sivi dom (1985), TV series
* ...
's ''Balkanska pravila'' (''The Rules of Balkan'', 1997).
Ironically enough, one of his final theatrical roles was one of an
orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
priest – a character who Babi Pupuška and Ilija Čvorović would probably despise – in
Lazar Ristovski
Lazar "Laza" Ristovski ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Ристовски, born 26 October 1952) is a Serbian retired actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, ...
's 1999 effort ''Belo odelo'' ("The White Suit"). After that, he appeared in an omnibus feature called ''Proputovanje'' (''Traveling'', 1999) and starred in a TV adaptation of the
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
's play ''
The Father'' for Radio-televizija Srbije – RTS (''Otac'', 2001).
Stojković died in Belgrade on 16 March 2002, after a lengthy bout with
lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...
.
Awards and legacy
Throughout his lifetime, Stojković was the recipient of the Serbian
Lifetime Achievement Award
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Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include:
A
* A.C. ...
for both theatrical (''
Dobričin prsten
The Dobričin prsten award ( sr-Cyrl, Добричин прстен) is the life-achievement award for theatrical acting, considered the most distinguished one in the Serbian theater.
The name of the award (''Ring of Dobrica'') refers to the gol ...
'', 1990) and cinematic (''
Pavle Vujisić Pavle ( Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul).
People known mononymously as Pavle inc ...
'', 1998) efforts. He remains as popular in death as he was in life, as his characters have entertained numerous generations of
Serbo-Croatian
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speakers.
Selected filmography
* ''
Čovek iz hrastove šume'' (1964) - Stevan
* ''
Izdajnik'' (1964)
* ''
Čovek nije tica'' (1965)
* ''
Roj'' (1966) - Nikola
* ''
Vreme ljubavi'' (1966) - Ratko (segment "Put")
* ''Volite se ljudi'' (1967, TV Series)
* ''
Jutro'' (1967) - Vojnik
* ''Krug dvojkom'' (1967, TV Series)
* ''
Bokseri idu u raj'' (1967) - Professor
* ''Stara koka, dobra juha'' (1967, TV Movie)
* ''Ove žene posle rata'' (1967, TV Movie)
* ''
U raskoraku
''U raskoraku'' is a 1968 Yugoslavian drama film directed and written by Milenko Štrbac. It was entered in the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
* Dragomir Bojanić as Jablan Jezdić
* Gizela Vuković as Dana Jezdić
* Dušan Ja ...
'' (1968) - Postar
* ''Gorski car'' (1968, TV Series)
* ''Bekstvo'' (1968, TV Movie) - Tihi
* ''Delije'' (1968) - Gvozden
* ''Kod Londona'' (1968, TV Series)
* ''Ljubitelj golubova'' (1968, TV Movie)
* ''Sezona poljubaca'' (1968, TV Movie)
* ''Sajam na svoj način'' (1968, TV Movie)
* ''Pre istine'' (1968) - Vodja bande
* ''
Ima ljubavi, nema ljubavi'' (1968)
* ''Samci 2'' (1969, TV Series)
* ''Rađanje radnog naroda'' (1969) - Bangeja Kukuljevic
* ''
Zazidani'' (1969) - Strazar Gavrilo
* ''
Pucanj u glavu'' (1969, Short)
* ''Kako je lagao njenog muža'' (1969, TV Short)
* ''
Vrane
Vrane is a village in the municipality of Arilje, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Centr ...
'' (1969)
* ''
Lilika'' (1970) - Poocim - Father
* ''Engleski onakav kakav se govori'' (1970, TV Short)
* ''
Rekvijem'' (1970) - Skretnicar
* ''
Prirodna granica'' (1970) - Major
* ''
Burduš'' (1970) - Reditelj
* ''S vanglom u svet'' (1971, TV Series)
* ''Ceo život za godinu dana'' (1971, TV Series) - Sveta Bajic
* ''
Uloga moje porodice u svjetskoj revoluciji'' (1971) - Strogi
* ''Mlad i zdrav kao ruza'' (1971)
* ''
Bubašinter'' (1971) - Zivan Gasic
* ''
Diplomci'' (1971, TV Series) - Dusan Bubuleja
* ''Haleluja'' (1971, TV Movie)
* ''Čep koji ne propušta vodu'' (1971, TV Short) - Milicioner
* ''
Bez naziva'' (1971, TV Short)
* ''Uniforme'' (1971, TV Mini-Series)
* ''Obraz uz obraz'' (1972, TV Series) - Bata
* ''
Majstor i Margarita
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'' (1972) - Bobov
* ''Deveto cudo na istoku'' (1972)
* ''Razvojni put Bore Šnajdera'' (1972, TV Movie) - Selimir
* ''Derviš i smrt'' (1972, TV Movie) - Vezirov defterdar
* ''Ćelava pevačica'' (1972, TV Movie) - Vatrogasni kapetan
* ''Kužiš stari moj'' (1973) - Pekar
* ''Operacija 30 slova'' (1973, TV Series)
* ''Bombardovanje Nju Hejvna'' (1973, TV Movie) - Major
* ''Naše priredbe'' (1973, TV Series)
* ''
Pjegava djevojka'' (1973)
* ''Putnik'' (1973, TV Short) - Mali
* ''Policajci'' (1973, TV Movie)
* ''Beograd ili tramvaj a na prednja vrata'' (1973, TV Movie)
* ''Dimitrije Tucović'' (1974, TV Series) - Dragisa Lapcevic
* ''
Pred zoru'' (1974, Short)
* ''Oglas'' (1974, TV Movie) - Milan Pavlovic
* ''
Pavle Pavlović Pavle ( Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul).
People known mononymously as Pavle in ...
'' (1975) - Pavlov bivsi kolega
* ''
Zimovanje u Jakobsfeldu'' (1975) - Damjan
* ''
Testament'' (1975)
* ''
Kičma
''Backbone'' ( sr, Kičma), is a 1975 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Vlatko Gilić. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Dragan Nikolić as Pavle Gvozdenović
* Predrag Laković as Pepi
* Mira Banjac
* Milutin Butkovi ...
'' (1975) - Covek iz kafane
* ''Borisko i Natalija'' (1975, TV Short)
* ''
Vagon li'' (1976) - I putnik
* ''
Salaš u Malom Ritu'' (1976) - Damjan
* ''Zvezdana prašina'' (1976, TV Movie) - Kum
* ''
Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu'' (1976) - Milovan Pasanovic - Draganov otac
* ''
Salaš u Malom Ritu'' (1976, TV Series) - Damjan
* ''
Grlom u jagode
''Grlom u jagode'' (Cyrillic: Грлом у јагоде, "The Unpicked Strawberries") is a 1975 Yugoslavian TV series directed by Srđan Karanović and co-written by Karanović and Rajko Grlić. Depicting the life and times of a young man nickname ...
'' (1976, TV Series) - Banetov otac Sreten
* ''Vlajkova tajna'' (1976, TV Movie) - Bata
* ''
Hajdučka vremena
''Daredevil's Time'' (''Hajdučka vremena'') is a Yugoslavian film directed by Vladimir Tadej
Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty ...
'' (1977) - Narednik Munizaba
* ''Nikola Tesla'' (1977, TV Series) - George Westinghouse
* ''
Pas koji je voleo vozove'' (1977) - Otac
* ''Marija Magdalena'' (1977, TV Movie) - Majstor Anton ... stolar
* ''67. sastanak Skupštine Kneževine Srbije'' (1977, TV Movie) - Nikola Krupezevic
* ''
Nije nego'' (1978) - Budic - Buda Filadelfija
* ''
Pogled u noć'' (1978) - Dezurni ljekar (segment "Koma")
* ''
Tamo i natrag'' (1978)
* ''
Povratak otpisanih
''Povratak otpisanih'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Повратак отписаних, {{trans, The return of the Written Offs) is a Yugoslav TV series, and sequel of 1974 TV series Otpisani.
Plot
In the autumn in 1944, Prle and Tihi, still young, ...
'' (1978, TV Series) - Prletov otac Steva
* ''Siroče'' (1978, TV Movie)
* ''
Nacionalna klasa
National Class Category Up to 785 ccm ( sh, italic=yes, Nacionalna klasa do 785 ccm) is a 1979 Yugoslav comedy film directed by Goran Marković (film director), Goran Marković.
Plot
A young man from the suburbs of Belgrade, Floyd, a car racer in ...
'' (1979) - Cabor
* ''
Srećna porodica'' (1979, TV Mini-Series)
* ''Srećna porodica'' (1979) - Poslovodja
* ''Prva Srpska železnica'' (1979, TV Movie) - Marko Bogdanovic
* ''
Kost od mamuta
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'' (1979, TV Movie) - Dusanov otac
* ''
Gradilište'' (1979, TV Movie) - Sofer kamiona
* ''
Poseban tretman
''Special Treatment'' ( sr, Посебан третман, Transliteration, translit. Poseban tretman) is a 1980 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Goran Paskaljević. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival where Milena Dravić w ...
'' (1980) - Steva
* ''Pripovedanja Radoja Domanovića'' (1980, TV Series) - Cica Ilija Stanojevic / Disko
* ''
Ko to tamo peva
''Who's Singin' Over There?'' ( sh, Ko to tamo peva) is a 1980 Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav film written by Dušan Kovačević and directed by Slobodan Šijan. It is a dark comedy and features an ensemble cast. The film tells a story about a gro ...
'' (1980) - Brka
* ''Proleće života'' (1981, TV Movie)
* ''Sijamci'' (1981, TV Mini-Series) - Djura Mitrovic
* ''
Idemo dalje'' (1982) - Bozur
* ''
Maratonci trče počasni krug
''The Marathon Family'' ( sr, Маратонци трче почасни круг / Maratonci trče počasni krug, lit. ''Marathon Runners Do a Lap of Honour'', or often simply ''Maratonci'', lit. ''The Marathon Runners'') is a 1982 Cinema of Yugo ...
'' (1982) - Laki Topalovic
* ''
13. jul'' (1982) - Poslanik
* ''Kante ili kese'' (1982, TV Movie) - Drug Kacavenda
* ''
Čovek sa četiri noge'' (1983) - Fotoreporter
* ''
Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota'' (1983) - Babi Papuska
* ''Korespondencija'' (1983, TV Movie) - Simeon Njegovan Lupus, deda
* ''
Čudo neviđeno'' (1984) - Gazda Scepan
* ''
Varljivo leto '68
''The Elusive Summer of '68'' ( sh, Varljivo leto '68; sr-cyr, Варљиво лето '68) is a 1984 Yugoslav film directed by Goran Paskaljević. It depicts a summer dominated by protests, as seen from the point of view of a teenage boy in Y ...
'' (1984) - Veselin / Petar's otac-father
* ''
Balkanski špijun'' (1984) - Ilija Cvorovic
* ''Jalta'' (1984, TV Movie) - Staline
* ''Naš učitelj četvrtog razreda'' (1985, TV Movie) - Ucitelj
* ''
Držanje za vazduh'' (1985) - Upravnik doma
* ''Priče iz fabrike'' (1985, TV Series) - Djura Bosnjakovic 'Tambura'
* ''Provincija u pozadini'' (1985)
* ''Štrajk u tkaonici ćilima'' (1986, TV Movie)
* ''Svečana obaveza'' (1986, TV Movie) - Stevan
* ''Ne znate vi Martina'' (1987, TV Movie)
* ''Milan – Dar'' (1987, TV Movie) - Dr. Milan Savic ... lekar
* ''Iznenadna i prerana smrt pukovnika K. K.'' (1987, Short) - Major
* ''
Balkan ekspres 2
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whol ...
'' (1989) - Mida
* ''
Atoski vrtovi - preobraženje'' (1989) - Arkadije
* ''
Sabirni centar
''The Meeting Point'' (''Sabirni centar'') is a 1989 Yugoslavian fantasy/comedy-drama film directed by Goran Marković and starring Rade Marković, Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Nikolić, Mirjana Karanović and Anica Dobra. It is based on Dušan Kovačev ...
'' (1989) - Simeun
* ''Balkan ekspres 2'' (1989, TV Series) - Mida Baba
* ''
Vreme čuda'' (1989) - Jovan
* ''Vreme čuda'' (1989, TV Mini-Series) - Jovan
* ''Sile u vazduhu'' (1989, TV Movie) - Tosa
* ''
Poslednji krug u Monci'' (1989) - Dobrivoje
* ''Osmi dan u nedelji'' (1989, TV Movie) - Marko ... Nikolin kum
* ''Čudo u Šarganu'' (1989, TV Movie)
* ''
Seks - partijski neprijatelj br. 1'' (1990) - Gvozden
* ''Profesionalac'' (1990, TV Movie) - Luka Laban
* ''Klaustrofobična komedija'' (1990, TV Movie) - Sava odzacar
* ''
Mala'' (1991) - Svestenik
* ''Zaboravljeni'' (1991, TV Series) - Adamov tast
* ''
Video jela, zelen bor
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syste ...
'' (1991, TV Movie) - Milovan
* ''
Crni bombarder
The Black Bomber ( sr, Црни бомбардер, Crni Bombarder) is a 1992 Yugoslavian drama film by Serbian director Darko Bajić. It takes place in Belgrade in a fictional authoritarian near-future, modeled closely on the conditions in Serbi ...
'' (1992) - Predsednik
* ''
Tri karte za Holivud'' (1993) - Ratni veteran
* ''
Kaži zašto me ostavi'' (1993) - Teca
* ''
Terasa na krovu'' (1995) - Dragutin ... 'Sova'
* ''
Underground
Underground most commonly refers to:
* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground (S ...
'' (1995) - Deda
* ''
Urnebesna tragedija'' (1995) - Vasilije
* ''
Ubistvo s predumišljajem
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...
'' (1995) - Stavra Arandjelovic
* ''
Bila jednom jedna zemlja'' (1996, TV Mini-Series) - Deda
* ''Gore dole'' (1996-1997, TV Series) - Avram Jaksic
* ''
Balkanska pravila'' (1997) - Sajdzija
* ''
Rane
Rane or Ranes may refer to:
Geography
*Råne River, Sweden
*Rânes, a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France
* Ráneš, a large island in Troms county, Norway
People Indians
* Rane (clan), an Indian Maratha clan
** Prachi Rane ...
'' (1998) - Komsija
* ''
Bure baruta
''Cabaret Balkan'' is a 1998 Serbian film directed by Goran Paskaljević starring Miki Manojlović and Nebojša Glogovac. Its original Serbian language title is ''Буре барута'' (''Bure baruta'') which means ''Powder Keg''. It was releas ...
'' (1998) - Viktor, Alex's Father
* ''
Belo odelo'' (1999) - Priest
* ''
U ime oca i sina
U or u, is the twenty-first and sixth-to-last letter and fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''u'' (pro ...
'' (1999) - Mrgud Miletic
* ''
Proputovanje'' (1999) - Stojan (segment "Srebrni metak")
* ''
Đeneral Milan Nedić'' (1999, TV Movie) - Milan Nedic
* ''
Otac'' (2001, TV Movie) - Kapetan Albert (final film role)
References
External links
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