The actor, director and producer Ljubiša Samardžić, who was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, died on September 8, 2017, after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor in the Clinical Center of Serbia in December 2016, he remained immobile and was released for home treatment.
Ljubiša Samardžić Smoki was born in Skopje in 1936 in a family of miners who worked in the Jelašnica coal mine near Niška Banja. Even in high school, he occasionally worked to support his family. He studied law, and then transferred to the Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television in Belgrade.
Bojan Stupica got him a scholarship from Atelier 212, but — attracted by the film (his debut in the Scaffold Games, 1961, S. Weiganda) — he played on stage only at the very beginning of his career. He attracted the attention of critics with his next role as a charming misfit in "Prekobrojna" (1962) by Branko Bauer, and his reputation was strengthened in 1963 with the films "Sand Castle" by Boštjan Hladnik, "Days" by Aleksandar Petrović and "Landing on the Tree" by Fadil Hadžić.
He was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice festival for his role in Purisa Đorđević's film "Morning", in which he portrayed the character of a young partisan faced with the tragedies of war, who in the first days of peace through various conflicts - dealing with former enemy collaborators and liquidating traitors - and makes peace with killing ... He received the Grand Prix in Niš for his role in Veljko Bulajić's film "Battle on the Neretva" in 1969.
He played in more than seventy films of different genres, by almost all Yugoslav directors: "The Love Life of Budimir Trajković", "The Death of Mr. Goluza", "Life is Beautiful", "The House by the Railway" and others...
He played the main roles in four television series: "Where are the wild pigs going", "Dimitrije Tucović", "Hot wind" and "Policeman from Petlovo brdo").
Films of the actor Ljubiša Samardžić
| 1960.
| Plot and love
| |
| 1961.
| Scaffolding games
| Guardian |
| 1962.
| Too many
| Mikajlo Nastić |
| 1962.
| Hourglass
| |
| 1962.
| The goatherd
| Publican |
| 1962.
| Sand city
| Smoki |
| 1963.
| Landing on Drvar
| Milan |
| 1963.
| Sand castle
| |
| 1963.
| Dani
| Dragan |
| 1964.
| Lito forked
| He shouts |
| 1965.
| inspector
| Borivoje Jovanovic |
| 1965.
| A girl
| Partizan |
| 1965.
| Hospital room
| |
| 1965.
| Don't go back the same way
| Abdul |
| 1966.
| Eagles fly early
| Nikoletina Bursać |
| 1966.
| Protégé
| Ivan Stojanovic |
| 1966.
| San
| Mali |
| 1967.
| Knife
| Mark's assistant |
| 1967.
| Tomorrow
| Mali |
| 1967.
| Saboteurs
| Pinto |
| 1967.
| Smoki
| Smoki |
| 1967.
| Boxers go to heaven
| Rheum |
| 1968.
| Operation Belgrade
| I with |
| 1968.
| Noon
| Ljubisa |
| 1968.
| Poor Maria
| Vojislav |
| 1968.
| In gap
| |
| 1968.
| Naked man
| Spiro |
| 1969.
| Tanya
| |
| 1969.
| Battle of the Neretva
| Novak |
| 1970.
| X + YY: Formel des Bösen
| |
| 1970.
| I'm poor but I'm angry
| Sava Kekic |
| 1970.
| Cyclists
| Partizan |
| 1970.
| Hot
| |
| 1971.
| From Everyone I've Loved (series)
| |
| 1971.
| La Betìa ovvero in amore per ogni gaudenza ci vuole cofferenza
| Zilio |
| 1971.
| A whole life in a year
| Cakan Janković |
| 1971.
| Where the wild boars go
| Black Rock |
| 1972.
| The ninth wonder of the east
| |
| 1972.
| Citizens of the village of Luga
| They see |
| 1972.
| Valter defends Sarajevo
| Zis |
| 1972.
| Cheek to cheek
| Smoki |
| 1973.
| Bombers
| Blacksmith |
| 1973.
| bra
| Apartment |
| 1974.
| Valter defends Sarajevo
| Zis |
| 1974.
| Performance of "Hamlet" in Mrduša Donja
| A cat |
| 1974.
| Dimitrije Tucović (TV series)
| Dimitrije Tucović |
| 1975.
| Naive
| Buzga Miročki |
| 1975.
| Doctor Mladen
| Stanisa |
| 1975.
| Red earth
| Kosta |
| 1975.
| Hajduk
| |
| 1975.
| The wonder of dust
| |
| 1976.
| White grass
| |
| 1976.
| lived 76
| Vesko |
| 1976.
| It is an honor to invite you
| Smoki |
| 1977.
| The love life of Budimir Trajković
| Vojislav Voja Trajković |
| 1977.
| Special education
| Militiaman Cane |
| 1978.
| Arrive before dawn
| Kosta |
| 1978.
| There and back
| Sava Bogdanović |
| 1978.
| Bosko Buha
| Milun |
| 1978.
| Crazy years
| Dr. Lazović |
| 1978.
| Tiger
| Shorga Tiger |
| 1978.
| Return of the Written Off (TV series)
| Spanish |
| 1979.
| Partisan squadron
| Glowing |
| 1980.
| Adventures of Borivoj Šurdilović
| Borivoje Šurdilović Šurda |
| 1980.
| Hot wind
| Borivoje Šurdilović Šurda |
| 1980.
| Temporary work
| Siniša Pantić |
| 1981.
| The royal train
| sheet metal |
| 1981.
| Some other woman
| Iron |
| 1981.
| High voltage
| Ivo Goreta |
| 1981.
| The leaves are wide
| Marko |
| 1981.
| Guests from the galaxy
| Tony |
| 1982.
| Savamala
| You're lampooning |
| 1982.
| My temporary dad
| Siniša Pantić |
| 1982.
| Two halves of a heart
| Father |
| 1982.
| The death of Mr. Goluza
| Goluza |
| 1983.
| Honey moon
| Rajko |
| 1983.
| Timok revolt
| Lazar |
| 1983.
| Sugar water
| Photography |
| 1984.
| Watch what you're doing
| Plavšić, professor of music |
| 1984.
| Jaguar jump
| Bogdan Bogić "Bogi" |
| 1985.
| Quo Vadis?
| Phaemius Rufus |
| 1985.
| Orchestra of a youth
| Dragisa Kojic |
| 1985.
| It's not easy with men
| Ivan Sekulović |
| 1985.
| Life is Beautiful
| Waiter Valentino "The Poisoner" |
| 1985.
| Antikasazova
| stipe |
| 1986.
| Ball on the water
| Glenn's father |
| 1986.
| Volunteers
| Waiter |
| 1986.
| Divorce for a certain period of time
| Siniša Pantić |
| 1986.
| A protest album
| |
| 1987.
| Camp Nis
| Gambler Kole |
| 1987.
| On the way to Katanga
| Tosa Palidrvce |
| 1987.
| Guardian angel
| Dragan |
| 1987.
| And that's called happiness
| Father-in-law |
| 1987.
| Long live freedom
| Commander |
| 1987.
| Bolji zhivot
| Ljubomir Zavišić |
| 1988.
| Extramarital travel
| Captain Tadic |
| 1988.
| House next to the railway
| Stanisa |
| 1989.
| Relatives from Lazin
| Uros |
| 1989.
| Tempting the devil
| Postman Djok |
| 1989.
| Coward
| Miodrag Krtalić |
| 1989.
| Uros silly
| Uroš "The Fool" |
| 1991.
| A night at my mother's house
| Happy |
| 1991.
| Better life 2
| Ljubomir Zavišić |
| 1991.
| Mala Beads
| Zika Shark |
| 1992.
| Cop from Petlovo brdo (film)
| Bosko Simic |
| 1993.
| Tell me why you left me
| Rade |
| 1993.
| Metla bez drske
| |
| 1993.
| Three tickets to Hollywood
| Limier |
| 1993.
| Rooster Hill Cop (1993 TV Series)
| Bosko Simic |
| 1994.
| Year of the donkey
| Jovo "Scandal" |
| 1994.
| Rooster Hill Cop (1994 TV Series)
| Bosko Simic |
| 1995.
| Premeditated murder
| Vidosav |
| 1996.
| Jugofilm
| Explore |
| 1998.
| Blues for Sarah
| Dear |
| 1998.
| Hornet
| Professor Lane Šekularac |
| 1999.
| Wheels
| Hotel owner |
| 2001.
| Nataša
| Tosa, Natasha's father |
| 2002.
| The Promised Land
| |
| 2003.
| Yu
| |
| 2004.
| Black Chronicle
| Commissioner |
| 2004.
| Autumn is coming, my quince
| Mary's father |
| 2006.
| From today to tomorrow
| |
| 2007.
| Crow horses
| Dunja's grandfather |
| 2008.
| Pale moon
| Dunja's grandfather |
| 2002-2008.
| Visa for the future
| Milan Golijanin |
| 2009-2010.
| Autumn is coming, Dunjo moja (TV series)
| Dunja's grandfather |
| 2011.
| The smell of rain in the Balkans (TV series)
| Graveyard keeper |
| 2011.
| The smell of rain in the Balkans
| |
Films directed by Ljubiša Samardžić
| 1999.
| Sky hook
| drama, war |
| 2001.
| Nataša
| drama |
| 2003.
| Meadow
| drama |
| 2004.
| Autumn is coming, my quince
| drama |
| 2007.
| Crow horses
| drama |
| 2008.
| Pale moon
| drama |
| 2009-2010.
| Autumn is coming, Dunjo moja (TV series)
| drama |
| 2010-2011.
| The smell of rain in the Balkans (TV series)
| drama |
| 2011.
| The smell of rain in the Balkans
| drama |
