Dobrivoje "Dobrica" Milutinović (11 September 1880 – 18 November 1956) was a Serbian actor. He acted in both film and theatre roles. A theatre is named in his honour, and the lifetime achievement award for actors in Serbia is based on a ring he received.
Work
His family was originally from
Srem
Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exce ...
.
Milutinović enrolled in gymnasium in
Kragujevac
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where he started acting as a student.
Milutinović played both heroic and romantic roles in the theater, which earned him respect and popularity. He starred in many roles, including
Romeo
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,
King Lear
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It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...
,
Don Carlos
''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Friedri ...
,
Othello
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,
Uriel
Uriel or Auriel ( he, אוּרִיאֵל ''ʾŪrīʾēl'', " El/God is my flame"; el, Οὐριήλ ''Oúriēl''; cop, ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ ''Ouriēl''; it, Uriele; Geʽez and Amharic: or ) is the name of one of the archangels who is mentio ...
,
Hajduk Veljko
Veljko Petrović ( sr-cyr, Вељко Петровић, ; c. 1780 – 1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko (Хајдук Вељко, ǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ, was one of the '' vojvodas'' (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary force ...
, Maksim Crnojević,
Tsar Dušan
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, and Mitke in ''
Koštana
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''.
He was a member of the National Theater in Belgrade from 1899 until his death.
In addition to theater, he starred in films. In the 1911 film ''
The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe'' he played the role of
Janko Katić
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. He also starred in ''Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi'' (1911) and he played the role of Grandfather ''Djed Vuk'' in the 1947 movie ''This People Will Live''.
Legacy
The theater in
Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, hu, Szávaszentdemeter, la, Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank ...
was named "Dobrica Milutinović" in 1974.
Historian
Jovan Deretić
Jovan Deretić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Деретић; 22 January 1934 – 16 June 2002) was a Serbian historian and author of Serbian literary history. His work ''Istorija Srpske književnosti'' (1983) is the standard work in Serbian literary his ...
dubbed him "the cult name of Serbian theatre".
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his work in 1937, Milutinović was awarded a ring. Since 1980, a copy of it is regularly awarded as a prestigious lifetime achievement to Serbian actors.
The award is named after him - Dobrica's ring (
Serbian: Dobričin prsten).
References
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1880 births
1956 deaths
Serbian male stage actors
Serbian Shakespearean actors
Serbian film actors