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Slobodan Aligrudić

Acting Born Oct 15, 1934 Bitola, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia 24 credits

Biography

Slobodan Aligrudić was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.

He earned prominence as a thespian in Belgrade'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 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'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 agent in charge of protagonist's "re-education". He died shortly after that film won Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and shortly after the death of his long-time colleague Zoran Radmilović. This event led many former Yugoslav film critics to say that "heaven had received a huge boost".

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Known for

Film

A Man Escaped

as Skale

Grey Home

as Kosketov otac

More Than a Game

as Agent VI antikomunističkog

Full filmography

  • The Written Off (1974) as Skale
  • Grey Home (1986) as Kosketov otac
  • More Than a Game (1974) as Agent VI antikomunističkog
  • When Father Was Away on Business (1985) as Ostoja Cekić
  • The Teacher (1983) as Školski nadzornik
  • Svetozar Markovic
  • National Class Category Up to 785ccm (1979) as Funkcioner Vidoje
  • Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) as Father
  • The Written Off (1974) as Skale
  • Who's Singin' Over There? (1980) as Poručnik
  • Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967) as Ahmed, sanitarni inspektor
  • The Train for Kraljevo (1981) as Policajac Rapajić
  • Great Transport (1983) as Novoverac Rade
  • Variola Vera (1982) as Drug Vlada
  • The Great Transport (1983) as Novoverac Rade
  • Early Works (1971)
  • Special Education (1977) as Komandir milicije
  • Indian Mirror (1985) as Ćale
  • Erogenous Zone (1981) as Milicioner
  • When I Am Dead and White (1967) as upravnik Milutin
  • Yellow (1973) as Milicioner 2
  • Tailors for Jeans (1982) as Gazda Rista
  • The Promising Boy (1981) as Psihijatar
  • Blacklist (1974) as Džo Larč