Zoran Radmilović

Acting

Zoran Radmilović

Born 1933-05-11 · Zaječar, Serbia

Zoran Radmilović was a Serbian actor, beloved for 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 pozorište (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".

Acting credits

Stardust poster
7.7

A comedy about divorce, Balkan style. Marko and Jelena are separating from their spouses so that they can get married. When they do, they realize that they made a mistake, so they meet secretly with their former companions.

Stardust

1976

Sixth Gear poster
6.6

Dealing with his customers with open heart, a car mechanic named Života goes through many adventures. Some are funny, some are sad, some reveal beauty and other human misery. In the end he gets tangled up himself, and not without bitterness he tries to change his ways, to become like his rival across the street which has adapted to modern times: strictly business. But, people who come to him need him just the way he is.

Sixth Gear

1981

When Father Was Away on Business poster
7.3

In a post-WWII Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, six-year-old Malik is oblivious as to why his father, Mehmed, has suddenly disappeared. In truth, Mehmed has been sent to a labor camp as punishment for acts of sexual indiscretion involving young girls. Malik's mother, Senija, however, has no answers, and the family must cope in the father's absence.

When Father Was Away on Business

1985

March on the River Drina poster
7.2

A Serbian artillery battery of the Combined Division makes a forced march to the Cer Mountain in western Serbia to meet Austro-Hungarian troops, who have invaded the country by crossing over the Drina River. A chronicle of the Battle of Cer; a landmark battle of World War I and the first Allied victory over the Central Powers.

March on the River Drina

1964

Hotshot poster
6.1

A story of a young man from the suburb, who gets his experience on the street and in bars. His girlfriend belongs to the same environment. When he goes to army, she tries to get away, giving the only thing she has - her good looks. She poses nude for some magazine. Seeing that photo, the young man escapes from the army, demanding an explanation. His return to a place where he once belonged, causes questioning of himself, discussions with so-called friends, and finally with the girl...

Hotshot

1986

Under Investigation poster
8.0

A man under investigation is held under arrest in a prison cell with seven other men. Three simultaneously operated cameras were used to film in a real prison cell.

Under Investigation

1977

The Great Day poster
9.0

Tragi-comedy about a man who, overnight, becomes rich by winning a lottery.

The Great Day

1969

Inferiority poster
NR

The drama that examines the universal relationship between a master and a servant.

Inferiority

1977

Exiles poster
NR

Based on James Joyce’s play which follows four players and two couples, Richard Rowan, a writer and his “common-law wife” Bertha, and Robert Hand with his cousin and previous lover Beatrice, both old friends of the previous couple.

Exiles

1973

The Marathon Family poster
7.6

The Topalović family has been in the burial business for generations. When the 150-year-old Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.

The Marathon Family

1982

Handymen, Handymen poster
7.6

The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.

Handymen, Handymen

1980

WR: Mysteries of the Organism poster
6.2

What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

1971

Lost Happiness poster
7.0

The story is set on the outskirts of Belgrade, and the protagonists are a group of neighbors who are unsuccessfully trying to find happiness through romantic relationships.

Lost Happiness

1976

One Hell of an Actor poster
NR

Friends and colleagues talk about the life and work of Zoran Radmilovic (1933-1985), one of the best Serbian actors of all time.

One Hell of an Actor

2021

Ward Six poster
5.3

A doctor from provincial town in Tsardom of Russia meets his former student in Ward 6, where the story takes place. Impressed by his rebellious spirit and clever remarks, he tends to spend more time with him while also indulging in meditation, only to be ridiculed by his fellow colleagues. Based on a Chekhov's work of the same title.

Ward Six

1978

Broad Are the Leaves poster
6.8

The action takes place in 1943 and today, and a Partisan school in Srem is in the center of action. A young journalist gets appointed to shoot a film report about the participants in the Liberation War from this area. In Srem village she meets common, simple people. She discovers that a free territory and a Partisan school was there. She also finds out that everybody acted as one. Deply going through all of those events, young reporter grows mature, identifying herself with the revolution participants.

Broad Are the Leaves

1981

The Last Oasis poster
7.8

A documentary which takes artistic approach in presenting the untouched environment between the rivers of Danube and Drava in Yugoslavia. This strange world, in which the laws of nature incredibly resemble to those of humans, regenerates itself and lives on despite destruction.

The Last Oasis

1983

How to Quiet a Vampire poster
7.0

A parable about a man who lost his memory. The drama criticizes the milieu that’s become totally false and hypocritical.

How to Quiet a Vampire

1977

The Grump poster
6.6

The man who was fighting fire is being forcibly sent to seaside hotel to recover, where he spends time with other guests who came there for group holiday. He rejects their company claiming that they live by established norms, but they reject him as well 'cause they think he's no different at all.

The Grump

1976

Ward Six poster
5.3

A study of the mental breakdown of a doctor in a remote rural village. He believes himself intellectually superior to everyone except for a political prisoner in a mental ward. This is a metaphor on life under repressive governments, conformity versus individual expression.

Ward Six

1973

No artwork available
7.0

A satirical look at the prewar Serbian elite and their petty bourgeoisie way of life.

Sweet Life, Serbian Style

1971

A Burlesque about the Greek poster
NR

The story of famous painter Dominico Theotocapuli, better known as El Greco.

A Burlesque about the Greek

1969

Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija poster
4.6

The phenomenon of tourism arrives to a remote village. A married couple sells their property to open a motel, which would be a starting point for their daughter Andjelija's singing career. The local radio-amateur (and Andjelija's boyfriend) helps them to achieve these goals, but Andjelija is more interested in her love life than her career.

Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija

1979

The Rosenbergs Must Not Die! poster
9.0

Heroes from the title are American married couple who in the 1950 were captured and sentenced for spying in favour of Soviet Union.

The Rosenbergs Must Not Die!

1972