Bekim Fehmiu

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Fehmiu, 1967

Bekim Fehmiu ( Serbo-Croatian  Беким Фехмију / Bekim Fehmiju , born June 1, 1936 in Sarajevo , † June 15, 2010 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav actor .

Life

Fehmiu was born in Sarajevo to an Albanian family from Gjakova . He later grew up in Shkodra and especially in Prizren . He was an amateur boxer and studied at the Belgrade Film Academy from 1956 to 1960 . He became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. He starred in many films, especially those made in Italy. In the 1966 film Roj he played the role of Halil Beg , for which he was awarded a prize at the Jugoslovenskog Igranog Filma u Puli Festival in 1966 . He had his breakthrough in 1967 with his role in the film I even met happy gypsies (Skupljači perja) , which received an award in Cannes and was nominated for an Oscar . In the Italian-German-Yugoslav mini-television series Die Odyssey (1968) he played the main role of Odysseus .

Fehmiu went to Hollywood , where he also lived for a while. In John Frankenheimer's film Schwarzer Sonntag (1977) he appeared as Mohammad Fasil alongside Bruce Dern . In the film A Child Named Jesus (1987) he played the role of Joseph .

Now living in Belgrade, he was a sought-after theater actor in the 1980s. In 1987 he interrupted a theater performance to protest against the politics of Slobodan Milošević and then did not appear at the theater again. After that he only played in a few foreign films. He married the Serbian actress Branka Petrić . He has two children; the son Uliks Fehmiu, born in 1968, is also an actor. Bekim Fehmiu suffered early 2010, a stroke and committed in June 2010 suicide .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1964: Pod isto nebo - directed by Ljubisa Georgijevski, Miomir Stamenković
  • 1966: Roj - directed by Miodrag Popović
  • 1966: Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) - Director: Karel Reisz
  • 1967: I even met happy gypsies (Skupljači perja) - directed by Aleksandar Petrović
  • 1968: The Odyssey (L'odissea) (Miniseries)
  • 1969: Playboys und Abenteurer (The Adventurers) - Director: Lewis Gilbert
  • 1970: The Hellhounds (La spina dorsale del diavolo)
  • 1971: The doctor sets a trap (Klopka za generala) - directed by Miomir Stamenković
  • 1973: The Last Snow of Spring (L'ultima neve di primavera) - Director: Raimondo Del Balzo
  • 1973: The witness must be silent (Il testimone deva tacere)
  • 1974: Cagliostro - In the shadow of death ( Cagliostro ) - Director: Daniele Pettinari
  • 1974: The Night on the Revier (Deps)
  • 1975: Libera, Amore mio (Libera, amore mio)
  • 1975: Permission to Kill - Director: Cyril Frankel
  • 1976: Salon Kitty - Director: Tinto Brass
  • 1977: I was a slave to him (Disposta a tutto) - Director: Giorgio Stegani
  • 1977: Black Sunday (Black Sunday)
  • 1977: They are called difficult to educate (Specijalno vaspitanje)
  • 1979: Battle of the Sutjeska ( Partizanska eskadrila ) - Director: Hajrudin Krvavac
  • 1982: Race with the Sun (Sarâb) - Director: Abdelhafidh Bouassida
  • 1982: Mother Teresa: The Voice (La voce)
  • 1987: A child named Jesus (Un bambino di nome Gesù)
  • 1998: Tristan and Isolde - A love for eternity (Il cuore e la spada) - Director: Fabrizio Costa

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=06&dd=15&nav_category=12&nav_id=439030
personal data
SURNAME Fehmiu, Bekim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarajevo
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2010
Place of death Belgrade