Bora Todorović
Bora Todorović (born November 5, 1930 in Belgrade as Borivoje Todorović ; † July 7, 2014 there ) was a Serbian actor who appeared in over 100 film and television productions between 1956 and 2009. Including in films like Steps in the Fog , Dream Dancers , Balkan Express , The Time of the Gypsies or Underground .
life and career
Bora Todorović, born as Borivoje Todorović in Belgrade in 1930, has been a busy and sought-after actor in his more than 50-year film career. Starting as a supporting actor in small roles, he worked his way up over the years after his older sister Mira Stupica had inspired him with her passion for acting, although he originally had no plans to pursue an acting career. His father died when he was a child. After secondary school and completed military service, he enrolled in the Belgrade Drama Academy and then played on the stage of the Belgrade Drama Theater. From 1957 he lived and worked mainly in Zagreb until he finally returned to Belgrade in 1961. Between 1961 and 1983 Bora was a member of Atelje 212 a well-known theater in Belgrade, where he played various roles.
In October 2002 he appeared on the Zvezdara theater stage in Belgrade in the play Larry Thompson .
However, he only made his breakthrough as a popular actor in the cinema in the mid-1960s in the role of Murdja in Zorz Skrigin's war film Steps in the Fog . At the beginning of the 1980s he had prominent appearances in the cinema in Aleksandar Đorđević's comedy Dream Dancer or in Goran Paskaljević's drama Special Treatment . In the international comedy Die Ballad von Lucy Jordan by director Dušan Makavejev he played the role of Alex Rossignol. He was also seen in Goran Paskaljević's drama Twilight and in Branko Baletics' war comedy Balkan Express . In 1988, the director Emir Kusturica cast him in his film Die Zeit der Gigeuner in the second male leading role of Ahmed. He also played in Kusturica's award-winning political grotesque underground in the mid-1990s.
From 1961 to 2007 Todorović had numerous appearances in television films and in episodes of well-known television series in his homeland. Todorovic worked well into old age. He played his last role in 2009 in the war drama Sveti Georgije ubiva azdahu , directed by Srđan Dragojević .
In November 2002 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award Pavle Vujisić for his roles in film and television, in December 2006 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award Dobričin prsten for his roles in the theater.
In his last days, Bora Todorović moved between Prague and Belgrade. On July 7, 2014, Bora Todorović died in his hometown of Belgrade at the age of 83.
He was married to Carolyn Kilkka, with whom he had two children, Dana and Tara. The musician and actor Srđan Todorović , born in Belgrade in 1965, is his son from his previous marriage to Snežana Matić.
Awards
- 2002: Lifetime Achievement Award Pavle Vujisić
- 2006: Prsten Lifetime Achievement Award Dobričin
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: U mrezi
- 1967: Steps in the Fog (Koraci kroz magle)
- 1980: Who is singing there? (Ko to tamo peva)
- 1980: dream dancer (Avanture Borivoja Surdilovica)
- 1980: Special treatment (Poseban tretman)
- 1981: The ballad of Lucy Jordan (Montenegro)
- 1982: Twilight Time
- 1983: Balkan Express (Balkan ekspres)
- 1988: The time of the gypsies (Dom za vešanje)
- 1995: Underground
- 2009: Sveti Georgije ubiva azdahu
Web links
- Bora Todorović in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography by Bora Todorović in: The New York Times
- Films by Bora Todorović with German distribution titles
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary for Bora Todorović inserbia
- ^ Bora Todorović in: Zitty, Volume 25, Issues 16-18 , Zitty Verlag GmbH, 2003, page 197
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Todorović, Bora |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Todorović, Borivoje (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgrade , Serbia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th July 2014 |
| Place of death | Belgrade , Serbia |