Ljubiša Samardžić
Department: Acting
Biography
Ljubiša Samardžić (1936-2017), sometimes referred to as Smoki or Smoki Samardi, was a Serbian actor and director. Nowadays he is perhaps best known as Šurda in the Yugoslav TV series 'Vruć Vetar'. Born to the family of a coal miner, his acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with respected director Bojan Stupica. After graduating from the Belgrade Drama Arts Academy, he obtained a role in Igre na skelama (1961). Samardžić was a member of the Central Committee of Yugoslav Communist Party in late 1980s.
Known For
The Battle of Neretva
1969
Boško Buha
1978
Three Tickets to Hollywood
1993
Kozara
1962
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1972
The Tiger
1978
Black Horses
2007
Goose Feather
2004
Poltroon
1989
Boxers Go to Heaven
1967
It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men
1985
Superfluous
1962
Special Education
1977
Scaffolding Games
1961
The Battle of the Eagles
1979
The Climber
1966
Eagles Fly Early
1966
The Knife
1967
Part-Time Work
1980
My Part-Time Dad
1982
Part-Time Divorce
1986
Days
1963
Honeymoon
1983
The Girl
1965
The Love Life of Budimir Trajković
1977
I'm Poor But Angry
1970
Sugar Water
1983
A Sand Castle
1962
Visitors from the Galaxy
1981
Watch Your Step
1984
The Death of Mr Goluza
1982
Tempting the Devil
1989
Premeditated Murder
1995
Noon
1968
In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain
1971
From Every Man I Loved
1999
Guardian Angel
1987
Volunteers
1986
Two Halves of a Heart
1982
The Dream
1966
Yugofilm
1997
The Policeman from Cock's Hill
1992
The House by the Railway Tracks
1988
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
1974
Jaguar Jump
1984
The Morning
1967
Savamala
1982
Poor Maria
1968
On the Road to Katanga
1987
The Awkward Age
1994
Life Is Beautiful
1985
X + YY: Formel des Bösen
1970
Broad Are the Leaves
1981
Don't Come Back by the Same Way
1965
Some Other Woman
1981
Zarki
1970
A Naive Person
1975
Migrations II
1989
The Bombers
1973
Protest Album
1986
The Train for Kraljevo
1981
High Voltage
1981
Mad Summer
1964
Anticasanova
1985
The Naked Man
1968
Extramarital Travels
1988
The Demolition Squad
1967
The Cyclists
1970
Doctor Mladen
1975
The Descent Upon Drvar
1963
Wheels
1998
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
The Hornet
1998
Foolish Years
1977
Massacre at Noon
1975
Operation Belgrade
1968
Arrive Before Daybreak
1978
Say Why Have You Left Me?
1993
Waning Moon
2008
The Little One
1991
Uros the Stupid
1989
Wonderful Dust
1975
White Grass
1976
The Adventures of Borivoje Surdilovic
1980
Orchestra of One Youthhood
1985
Ninth Miracle on the East
1972
Aller retour
1978
The Timok Rebellion
1983
Inspector
1965
Long Live Freedom
1987
Hey Babu Riba
1985
A Night at My Mother's House
1991
Out of Step
1968
Blues for Sara
1998
Pula Confidential
2003
Yu
2003
Sevdalinka: The Alchemy of Soul
2016
Hot Wind
1980
Visa for the Future
2002
And That You Call Luck
1987
Walter Defends Sarajevo
1974
Policajac sa Petlovog brda
1993
Evening School
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Where the Wild Boars Go
1971
Goose Feather
2007
Bosko Buha
1980