Slobodan Aligrudić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Алигрудић; 15 October 1934 – 13 August 1985) was a
Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former
Yugoslav cinema
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.
Biography
Aligrudić was born in
Bitola
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. He earned prominence as a thespian in
Belgrade
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's
Atelje 212 Theatre, but to a wider audience he is best known for his memorable character portrayals on film. Some of those roles were achieved in classic films of former Yugoslav cinema, including ''
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator''. Due to his distinctly coarse look, most of his roles were stern authority figures, but he always managed to give them a breath of humanity. One of the best examples is Maho, a father character in
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица, ; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s.
He has competed at the Cannes ...
's 1981 coming-of-age drama ''
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?''.
Aligrudić worked with Kusturica again in his 1985 celebrated drama ''
When Father Was Away on Business'', in which he played an
UDBA
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agent in charge of protagonist's "re-education". He died in
Gradac (
SR Croatia
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) shortly after that film won ''
Palme d'Or
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'' at the
Cannes Film Festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
and shortly after the death of his long-time colleague
Zoran Radmilović
Zoran Radmilović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Радмиловић; 11 May 1933 – 21 July 1985) was a Serbian actor who had some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.
He studied law, architecture and philology at the ...
. This event led many former Yugoslav film critics to say that "heaven had received a huge boost".
His son
Miloš Aligrudić is a high-ranking official of
Vojislav Koštunica
Vojislav Koštunica ( sr-cyrl, Војислав Коштуница, ; born 24 March 1944) is a Serbian former politician who served as the last President of Serbia and Montenegro, president of FR Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and as the Prime Min ...
's
Democratic Party of Serbia
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DSS was formed as ...
.
Partial filmography
*''Solaja'' (1955) - Skojevac
*''Subotom uvece'' (1957) - Mladic (segment "Na kosavi") (uncredited)
*''San'' (1966) - Milovan (voice, uncredited)
*''
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator'' (1967) - Ahmed, sanitarni inspektor
*''Kad budem mrtav i beo'' (1967) - Upravnik Milutin
*''Bekstva'' (1968) - Albert
*''Quo vadis Zivorade?!'' (1968) - General
*''Zaseda'' (1969) - Jotic
*''Rani radovi'' (1969)
*''Bube u glavi'' (1970) - Silovatelj
*''I Bog stvori kafansku pevacicu'' (1972) - Direktor hotela II
*''Pukovnikovica'' (1972) - Kaplar II
*''Zuta'' (1973) - Milicioner II
*''Otpisani'' (1974) - Skale
*''Naivko'' (1975) - Pura
*''Povratak otpisanih'' (1976) - Drug Selja
*''Specijalno vaspitanje'' (1977) - Komandir milicije
*''Ljubavni zivot Budimira Trajkovica'' (1977) - Direktor OOUR-a
*''Miris poljskog cveca'' (1977) - Inspektor za krvne delikte
*''Nacionalna klasa'' (1979) - Funkcioner Vidoje
*''Srecna porodica'' (1979)
*''
Who's Singin' Over There?'' (1980) - Porucnik
*''Snovi, zivot, smrt Filipa Filipovica'' (1980)
*''Erogena zona'' (1981) - Milicioner
*''
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?'' (1981) - Otac
*''Kraljevski voz'' (1981) - Policajac Rapajic
*''Decko koji obecava'' (1981) - Psihijatar
*''Idemo dalje'' (1982) - Skolski nadzornik
*''13. jul'' (1982) - Covek sa kutijom sa mackama
*''Variola vera'' (1982) - Drug Vlada
*''Veliki transport'' (1983) - Novoverac Rade
*''
When Father Was Away on Business'' (1985) - Ostoja Cekic
*''Indijsko ogledalo'' (1985) - Cale
Brisani Prostor (1985) - main police inspector Cica
References
External links
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1934 births
1985 deaths
People from Bitola
Serbian male actors
20th-century Serbian male actors
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