Branislav "Branko" Milićević ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав "Бранко" Милићевић), also known by his
stage name
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Branko Kockica (''Branko the Little Cube''), is a Serbian (Yugoslavian) 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's 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 a reward on the 12th International Educational Program in Japan for its episode "Run, Run, Little Drops". The episode first aired on April 26, 1978, and was co-written by Ibrahim Hadžić, Branko Miličević and Biserka Pejović.
"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
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
Year of birth missing (living people)
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