Bekim Fehmiu

Bekim Fehmiu. ( Born June 1, 1936 in Sarajevo, † June 15, 2010 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslavian actor Kosovo Albanian ethnicity.

Life

Fehmiu grew up in Prizren on, was an amateur boxer and studied in the years 1956 to 1960 at the Belgrade Film Academy. He became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. He starred in many films, especially made ​​in Italy, with. In the film, Roj from 1966 he played the role of Halil Beg, for which he was awarded in 1966 with a price of Festival Jugoslovenskog Igranog Filma u Puli. His breakthrough came in 1967 with his role in the film I even met happy gypsies ( Skupljači perja ), which won at Cannes and was nominated for an Oscar. In the Italian- German - Yugoslav mini TV series The Odyssey (1968 ), he played the lead role of Odysseus.

Fehmiu went to Hollywood, where he also lived for a time. In the film, Black Sunday ( 1977) by John Frankenheimer, he joined Mohammad Fasil on opposite Bruce Dern. In the movie A child named Jesus (1987 ) he played the role of Joseph.

Meanwhile in Belgrade alive, he was in demand as a stage actor in the 1980s. In 1987, he interrupted in protest against the policies of Slobodan Milošević a theater performance and did not occur thereafter to the theater. After that, he only played in a few foreign feature films.

He married the actress Branka Petric Serbian and had two children; Born in 1968, the son Uliks Fehmiu is also an actor. Bekim Fehmiu suffered a stroke in early 2010 and took in June 2010, the life.

Filmography (selection)

Publications

• Blistavo i strašno ( Shiny and anxiety- making; autobiography ), 2001 (ISBN 86-7464-027-3 )