Birth name Zoran Radmilović Birth 11 may 1933 at Zaječar (Serbie) Death 21 july 1985 (at 52 years) at Belgrade (Serbie) Awards Sterija Award for Achievement in Acting
Zoran Radmilović (Serbian Cyrillic: 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 University of Belgrade, only to discover acting as his true calling. After graduating at Drama Arts Academy he joined Beogradsko dramsko pozoriste (Belgrade Drama Theatre). In 1968 he joined Atelje 212 Theatre, where he became famous for his role of Kralj Ibi (King Ubu), during which he showed great improvisational ability.
He preferred theatre to film and television, but he nevertheless managed to give memorable performances. International audiences know him best for his role in 1971 cult film WR: Mysteries of the Organism. Audiences in former Yugoslavia know him best for his roles of Bili Piton in 1982 cult comedy The Marathon Family and Radovan Treći in Dušan Kovačević's play with the same name Radovan Treći (Radovan III).
One of his last roles was in 1985 film When Father Was Away on Business, in which he appeared together with Slobodan Aligrudić. He died shortly after the film won Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Aligrudić died shortly after him, leading many film critics of former Yugoslavia to state that "heaven had received a huge boost".
In December 2000 he was ranked first in the Serbian newspaper Večernje novosti in the Best Serbian Actors and Actresses of the 20th Century list.
Biography
Zoran Radmilović a étudié le droit, l'architecture et la philologie à l'Université de Belgrade, avant de découvrir que le métier d'acteur était sa véritable vocation. Après avoir suivi les cours de l'Académie d'Art dramatique, il rejoignit le Théâtre dramatique de Belgrade (en serbe : Београдско драмско позориште et Beogradsko dramsko pozoriste), puis, en 1968, l'Atelje 212, où il devint célèbre dans le rôle du roi Ubu.
Zoran Radmilović préférait le théâtre au cinéma ou à la télévision. Cependant, il commença à gagner une audience internationale en 1971 en jouant dans le film W.R. - Misterije organizma (« W.R. - Les mystères de l'organisme », un film de Dušan Makavejev qui explorait les liens entre le communisme et la sexualité à travers le regard de Wilhelm Reich. En Yougoslavie, il se fit connaître d'un large public en 1982 en interprétant le rôle de Bili Piton dans la comédie Maratonci trče počasni krug de Slobodan Šijan, d'après la pièce de Dušan Kovačević et celui de Radovan III dans le film Radovan Treći de Ljubomir Draškić, d'après une pièce du même Kovačević.
En 1985, Zoran Radmilović a interprété un de ses derniers rôles dans Papa est en voyage d'affaires, d'Emir Kusturica, film dans lequel il joue avec Slobodan Aligrudić. Il est mort peu de temps après que le film eut reçu la Palme d'or au Festival de Cannes.
, 2h16 Directed byEmir Kusturica GenresDrama, Comedy-drama ThemesFilms about families, Politique, Political films ActorsMiki Manojlović, Mirjana Karanović, Mustafa Nadarević, Mira Furlan, Davor Dujmović, Pavle Vuisić Roles Brko Pilot Rating76% The movie opens in June 1950 with a local neighbourhood drunk Čika Franjo serenading field workers. He sings Mexican songs (as it turns out, he does so out of self-preservation, figuring it's safer for him to steer clear of songs originating from either of the two dominant global powers — U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. — in the current climate of Cold War and Yugoslavia's paranoid repressive internal apparatus looking to identify and remove enemies of the state in the wake of the Tito-Stalin split) while local children, including Malik, climb trees and play around. The story is from the perspective of the boy, Malik, whose mother Sena tells him that his father is on a business trip. Malik is a chronic sleepwalker.
, 1h32 GenresDrama, Comedy ThemesFilms based on plays ActorsBogdan Diklić, Danilo Stojković, Pavle Vuisić, Mija Aleksić, Milivoje Tomić, Zoran Radmilović Roles Bili Piton Rating87% The story takes place in an unnamed small Serbian town in 1935, and focuses on the Topalović family consisting of six generations of undertakers: gravely ill Pantelija, wheelchair-bound Maksimilijan who's also mute and nearly deaf, rheumatic Aksentije, sober-minded Milutin, impulsive and narcissistic Laki, and young and naive Mirko. Constantly bickering amongst each other, the latest family arguments arise from the youngest son, Mirko, not wanting to continue the family business of coffin-making. Deeply in love with a local girl Kristina, the daughter of a local hoodlum Bili Piton, he's looking to avoid the career path of his father, grandfather, great grandfather, etc.
, 1h47 Directed byŽika Mitrović GenresDrama, War, Action ThemesPolitical films ActorsLjuba Tadić, Zoran Radmilović, Dragomir Bojanić, Branko Plesa, Predrag Tasovac, Ružica Sokić Roles Petrović, kockar Rating84% The film starts with the publication of general mobilization in Serbia on July 26, 1914 in Belgrade. An artillery second lieutenant, who comes from a wealthy banking family, was assigned to the artillery battery. During the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, he was a member of the Commission, which had provided guns for the army. His family now wants to put him in the commission again. He wants to join the battery and go to war instead.