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Ljubiša Samardžić

Serbian actor and director

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name	Ljubiša Samardžić
native_name	Љубиша Самарџић
native_name_lang	sr
image	S.Kragujevic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Bitka na Neretvi, premijera (crop).jpg
caption	Samardžić at the Battle of Neretva premiere in Sarajevo in November 1969.
birth_date
birth_place	Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
death_date
death_place	Belgrade, Serbia
othername	Luba Samardy, Smoki
nationality	Serbian
occupation	Actor
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Ljubiša Samardžić (Љубиша Самарџић; 19 November 1936 – 8 September 2017), nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian actor and director, best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series, and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa Petlovog brda (The Policeman from Petlovo Brdo) and film of the same name.

Early life

Samardžić was born in Skopje, the son of an impoverished He grew up in the village of Jelašnica near Niška Banja, where his father Dragoljub (died 1948 He finished gymnasium in Niš.

His acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with director Bojan Stupica. Samardžić was educated at the Belgrade Academy of Arts. After graduation, he obtained a role in Igre na skelama (1961).

Career

In the 1960s, he established himself as one of the most recognisable and popular stars of former Yugoslav cinema.

He was married to Mirjana Samardžić since 1966. Nicknamed Smoki, he was credited as Ljubisa Samardjic, Luba Samardy, Ljubisa Samardzic-Smoki, and Smoki Samardì.

In the 1990s, he and his son, Dragan, founded a film production company. Despite the break-up of Yugoslavia and UN sanctions against Yugoslavia, the company made many popular and commercial successful films. He starred in over 180 films.

Awards

Samardžić received six Golden Arenas at the Pula Film Festival, and numerous awards at Italian film festivals.

Selected filmography

Actor

Igre na skelama (1961) - Gvardijan
Kozara (1962) - Mitar
Prekobrojna (1962) - Mikajlo
Pesceni grad (1962) - Smoki
Dani (1963) - Dragan
Desant na Drvar (1963) - Milan
Lito vilovito (1964) - Vice
Devojka (1965) - Vojnik
Inspektor (1965) - Borivoje Jovanovic
Po isti poti se ne vracaj (1965) - Abdul
Orlovi rano lete (1966) - Nikoletina Bursac
The Climber (1966) - Ivan Stojanovic
The Dream (1966) - Mali
Noz (1967) - Markov pomocnik
Jutro (1967) - Mali
Bokseri idu u raj (1967) - Reum
Diverzanti (1967) - Sarac
Sirota Marija (1968) - Vojislav
U raskoraku (1968)
Podne (1968) - Ljubisa
Goli covjek (1968) - Spiro
Operacija Beograd (1968) - Jasa (voice, uncredited)
Battle of Neretva (1969) - Novak
Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao nacin i iz niskih pobuda (1969) - Himself (uncredited)
X + YY: Formel des Bösen (1970)
Siroma' sam al' sam besan (1970) - Sava Kekic
Biciklisti (1970) - Vitomir
Zarki (1970)
In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain (1971) - Zilio
Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972) - Zis
Deveto cudo na istoku (1972) - Tomislav Brodarac
Battle of Sutjeska (1973) - Stanojlo ... topdzija s konjem
Bombasi (1973) - Kovac
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974) - Macak
Hajdúk (1975)
Cudoviti prah (1975)
Doktor Mladen (1975) - Stanisa
Crvena zemlja (1975) - Kosta
Naivko (1975) - Buzga Mirocki
Bele trave (1976)
Special Education (1977) - Milicioner Cane
Ljubavni zivot Budimira Trajkovica (1977) - Vojislav Voja Trajkovic
Lude godine (1977) - Dr. Lazovic
Tamo i natrag (1978) - Sava
Stici pre svitanja (1978) - Kosta
Bosko Buha (1978) - Milun
The Tiger (1978) - Sorga 'Tigar'
Partizanska eskadrila (1979) - Zare
Vruć vetar (1980, TV Series) - Borivoje Surdilovic 'Surda'
Avanture Borivoja Surdilovica (1980) - Borivoje Surdilovic - Surda
Neka druga zena (1981) - Gvozden
Visoki napon (1981) - Ivo Goreta
Siroko je lisce (1981) - Marko
Gosti iz galaksije (1981) - Toni
Kraljevski voz (1981) - Tole
Dvije polovine srca (1982) - Otac
Smrt gospodina Goluze (1982) - Goluza
Savamala (1982) - Lampas
Moj tata na odredjeno vreme (1982) - Sinisa Pantic
Medeni mjesec (1983) - Rajko
Timocka buna (1983) - Lazar ... ucitelj
Secerna vodica (1983) - Fotograf
Maturanti (Pazi sta radis) (1984) - Profesor Plavsic
Jaguarov skok (1984) - Bogdan
Orkestar jedne mladosti (1985)
Nije lako sa muskarcima (1985) - Ivan Sekulovic
Zivot je lep (1985) - Valentino, kelner
Anticasanova (1985) - Stipe
Dancing in Water (1985) - Glenn's father
Protestni album (1986) - Pasa
Razvod na odredjeno vreme (1986) - Sinisa Pantic
Dobrovoljci (1986) - Kelner
Andjeo cuvar (1987) - Dragan
Na putu za Katangu (1987) - Tosa Palidrvce
Lager Nis (1987) - Kole Kockar
Zivela svoboda! (1987) - Komandant
Vanbracna putovanja (1988) - Kapetan Tadic
Kuca pored pruge (1988) - Stanisa
Iskusavanje djavola (1989) - Postar Djoka
Poltron (1989) - Miodrag Krtalic
Seobe II (1989) - Trifun Isakovic
Uros blesavi (1989) - Uros
Noc u kuci moje majke (1991) - Sreten
Mala (1991) - Zika Ajkula
Policajac sa Petlovog brda (1992) - Bosko Simic
Three Tickets to Hollywood (1993) - Limijer
Kazi zasto me ostavi (1993) - Rade
Magarece godine (1994) - Jovo 'Skandal'
Premeditated Murder (1995) - Vidosav
Jugofilm (1997) - Bora
Strsljen (1998) - Profesor Lane Sekularac
Tockovi (1998) - Vlasnik hotela
Blues za Saro (1998) - Milivoj
Natasa (2001) - Tosa (Natasin otac)
Viza za budućnost (2002-2008, TV Series) - Milan Golijanin
Yu (2003)
Jesen stize, dunjo moja (2004) - Marijin otac
Konji vrani (2007) - Deda
Bledi mesec (2008) - Deda

Director

Sky Hook (2000)
Natasha (2001)
Ledina (2003)
Goose Feather (2004)
Black Horses (2007)
Pale Moon (2008)
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans (2011)

References

Dubravka Lakićpetak. (31 March 2017). "Sve teče i sve je za praštanje". Politika.
Mihailo Radojičić. "Ljubiša Samardžić: Zvijezda velikog neba!". vijesti.me.
[http://www.filmovi.com/yu/film/615.shtml ''Igre na skelama''], filmovi.com
(20 February 2010). "Belgrade: 38th FEST officially opened". glassrbije.org.
Zorica Zarić (3 February 2017) [http://www.gloria.rs/price/ljubisa-i-mirjana-samardzic-ljubav-koju-ni-tragedije-nisu-uzdrmale/ Ljubiša i Mirjana Samardžić: Brak koji ni tragedije nisu uzdrmale]. gloria.rs (Serbian)
(7 April 2008). ""Ljubiša Samardžić" svira u Beogradu i Novom Sadu". Blic.rs.
As a director, his movies were awarded with the Grand Prix at [[Montpellier Film Festival

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