''Zlatna levica, priča o Radivoju Koraću'' () is a 2011 Serbian

biopic A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and histo ...

and documentary film directed by Gordan Matić. It tells the story of

Radivoj Korać Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known for holding t ...

, a famous Serbian basketball player. The film premiered in August 2011 in

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during

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ahead of the tournament's

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where it was screened for members of

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, journalists covering the tournament, and representatives of the national teams that made the quarterfinals. In December 2011 it was shown at the film festival in

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. It premiered in

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on 16 February 2012. After its theatrical life, it is set to be broadcast as three-episode television mini-series during fall 2012.Film o Koraću kao serija od jeseni
''Blic'', 30 January 2012

Plot

The documentary part is narrated by basketball players

Saša Đorđević Saša is a South Slavic given name. It is a diminutive of Aleksandar (see Sasha), but in the South Slavic countries it is often a formal name as well. It may refer to: * Saša Antunović (born 1974), Serbian footballer * Saša Bjelanović (born 19 ...

and

Milenko Tepić Milenko Tepić (; born February 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with t ...

featuring appearances by Korać's contemporaries such as

Ivo Daneu Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He represented the Yug ...

Josip Đerđa Josip "Pino" Gjergja (also transliterated Đerđa, Djerdja or Giergia; born 24 November 1937), also credited as Giuseppe Giergia, is a retired Croatian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internatio ...

Dragutin Čermak Dragutin "Miško" Čermak ( sr-cyr, Драгутин Мишко Чермак; 12 October 1944 – 12 October 2021) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. National team career Čermak represented SFR Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics a ...

Pedro Ferrándiz Pedro Ferrándiz González (20 November 1928 – 7 July 2022) was a Spanish basketball coach. He is most famous for coaching Real Madrid basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s. The International Olympic Committee awarded him the Olympic Order ...

Clifford Luyk Clifford "Cliff" Luyk Diem (born June 28, 1941) is an American-born Spanish retired professional basketball player and coach, who played professionally in Spain and Europe from 1962 to 1978. He played college basketball for the University of F ...

, etc. The feature part dramatizes events from Korać's life.

Cast

* Vladimir Aleksic (glumac) ... Radivoj Korać * Voja Brajović ...

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

Tihomir Stanić Tihomir Stanić (born 17 November 1960) is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1981. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanic, Tihomir 1960 births Living people Serbian male f ...

...

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...

Katarina Radivojević Katarina Radivojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Катарина Радивојевић; born 29 March 1979) is a Serbian actress. She is known for her roles in films such as ''Zona Zamfirova'' and '' Tears for Sale''. Personal life Radivojević was ...

... Radivoje Korać's mother

References

External links

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Златна левица, прича о Радивоју Кораћу - official movie website
2011 films 2010s Serbian-language films Serbian documentary films Films set in Yugoslavia Films set in Serbia 2011 documentary films Documentary films about basketball Basketball films Cultural depictions of Josip Broz Tito Cultural depictions of Serbian people Basketball in Serbia {{Serbia-film-stub