Vanja Drach (1 February 1932 – 6 September 2009) was a Croatian theatre and film actor.
His film and television credits include '' H-8'', ''
Lud, zbunjen, normalan
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Synopsis
The show stars three generations of the ...
'', ''
Gospa
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'', ''
Charuga
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During its premiere, ''Charuga'' was described ...
Svjedoci''.
Between 1957 up to his retirement in 1998, he acted in the
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
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Overview
The theatre evolved out of the first city theatre opened ...
, apart from the period 1975–81 when he was member of the troupe ''Teatar u gostima''. In 2005 he received the
Vladimir Nazor Award
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Named after the writer Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), the prize is awarded to C ...
for lifetime achievement in theatre.
In 2005, Vanja Drach was operated for a tumor on his vocal cords, but eventually the cancer spread to his lungs. He died in the Clinical Hospital "Jordanovac", a
respiratory disease
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