Slobodan Aligrudić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Алигрудић; 15 October 1934 – 13 August 1985) was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.

Biography

Aligrudić was born in Bitola. He earned prominence as a thespian in Belgrade's Atelje 212 Theatre, but to a wider audience he is best known for his memorable character portrayals on film. Some of those roles were achieved in classic films of former Yugoslav cinema, including '' Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator''. Due to his distinctly coarse look, most of his roles were stern authority figures, but he always managed to give them a breath of humanity. One of the best examples is Maho, a father character in

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's 1981 coming-of-age drama '' Do You Remember Dolly Bell?''. Aligrudić worked with Kusturica again in his 1985 celebrated drama ''

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'', in which he played an

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agent in charge of protagonist's "re-education". He died in Gradac (

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) shortly after that film won ''

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'' at the

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and shortly after the death of his long-time colleague

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. This event led many former Yugoslav film critics to say that "heaven had received a huge boost". His son Miloš Aligrudić is a high-ranking official of

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Partial filmography

*''Solaja'' (1955) - Skojevac *''Subotom uvece'' (1957) - Mladic (segment "Na kosavi") (uncredited) *''San'' (1966) - Milovan (voice, uncredited) *'' Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator'' (1967) - Ahmed, sanitarni inspektor *''Kad budem mrtav i beo'' (1967) - Upravnik Milutin *''Bekstva'' (1968) - Albert *''Quo vadis Zivorade?!'' (1968) - General *''Zaseda'' (1969) - Jotic *''Rani radovi'' (1969) *''Bube u glavi'' (1970) - Silovatelj *''I Bog stvori kafansku pevacicu'' (1972) - Direktor hotela II *''Pukovnikovica'' (1972) - Kaplar II *''Zuta'' (1973) - Milicioner II *''Otpisani'' (1974) - Skale *''Naivko'' (1975) - Pura *''Povratak otpisanih'' (1976) - Drug Selja *''Specijalno vaspitanje'' (1977) - Komandir milicije *''Ljubavni zivot Budimira Trajkovica'' (1977) - Direktor OOUR-a *''Miris poljskog cveca'' (1977) - Inspektor za krvne delikte *''Nacionalna klasa'' (1979) - Funkcioner Vidoje *''Srecna porodica'' (1979) *'' Who's Singin' Over There?'' (1980) - Porucnik *''Snovi, zivot, smrt Filipa Filipovica'' (1980) *''Erogena zona'' (1981) - Milicioner *'' Do You Remember Dolly Bell?'' (1981) - Otac *''Kraljevski voz'' (1981) - Policajac Rapajic *''Decko koji obecava'' (1981) - Psihijatar *''Idemo dalje'' (1982) - Skolski nadzornik *''13. jul'' (1982) - Covek sa kutijom sa mackama *''Variola vera'' (1982) - Drug Vlada *''Veliki transport'' (1983) - Novoverac Rade *''

'' (1985) - Ostoja Cekic *''Indijsko ogledalo'' (1985) - Cale Brisani Prostor (1985) - main police inspector Cica

References

External links

* 1934 births 1985 deaths People from Bitola Serbian male actors 20th-century Serbian male actors {{Serbia-actor-stub