Ljubiša Samardžić

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Ljubiša Samardžić

Acting November 19, 1936

Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia

​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 se…

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The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva

6.8 1969 Movie
Visa for the Future

Visa for the Future

9.0 2002 TV Show
Walter Defends Sarajevo

Walter Defends Sarajevo

7.1 1972 Movie
Hot Wind

Hot Wind

8.9 1980 TV Show
Sky Hook

Sky Hook

7.4 2000 Movie
The Battle of Sutjeska

The Battle of Sutjeska

6.6 1973 Movie
Visitors from the Galaxy

Visitors from the Galaxy

4.6 1981 Movie
Special Education

Special Education

6.8 1977 Movie
Yu

Yu

6.6 2003 Movie
Three Tickets to Hollywood

Three Tickets to Hollywood

7.1 1993 Movie
The Battle of the Eagles

The Battle of the Eagles

6.4 1979 Movie
The Hornet

The Hornet

7.1 1998 Movie

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​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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2016
    Sevdalinka: The Alchemy of Soul

    Movie Himself

  2. 2011
    The Scent of Rain in the Balkans

    Movie Director

  3. 2010
    Scent of Rain in the Balkans

    TV show Director

  4. 2008
    Waning Moon

    Movie Deda

  5. 2007
    Black Horses

    Movie Deda

  6. 2007
    Goose Feather

    TV show Marijin otac

  7. 2004
    Goose Feather

    Movie Marijin otac

  8. 2003
    Yu

    Movie

  9. 2003
    Bare Ground

    Movie Director

  10. 2003
    Pula Confidential

    Movie Himself

  11. 2002
    Visa for the Future

    TV show Milan Golijanin

  12. 2001
    Natasha

    Movie Director

  13. 2000
    Sky Hook

    Movie Director

  14. 1999
    From Every Man I Loved

    Movie

  15. 1998
    Wheels

    Movie Vlasnik hotela

  16. 1998
    The Hornet

    Movie Profesor Lane Šekularac

More credits
  1. 1998
    Blues for Sara

    Movie Milivoj

  2. 1997
    Yugofilm

    Movie Bora

  3. 1995
    Premeditated Murder

    Movie Vidosav

  4. 1994
    The Awkward Age

    Movie Jovo 'Skandal'

  5. 1993
    Say Why Have You Left Me?

    Movie Rade

  6. 1993
    Three Tickets to Hollywood

    Movie Limijer

  7. 1993
    Policajac sa Petlovog brda

    TV show

  8. 1992
    The Policeman from Cock's Hill

    Movie Boško

  9. 1991
    The Little One

    Movie Žika Ajkula

  10. 1991
    A Night at My Mother's House

    Movie Sreten

  11. 1989
    Migrations II

    Movie Trifun Isaković

  12. 1989
    Poltroon

    Movie Miodrag Krtalić

  13. 1989
    Tempting the Devil

    Movie Poštar Đoka

  14. 1989
    Uros the Stupid

    Movie Uroš

  15. 1988
    The House by the Railway Tracks

    Movie Staniša

  16. 1988
    Extramarital Travels

    Movie Kapetan Tadić

  17. 1987
    Long Live Freedom

    Movie Komandant

  18. 1987
    And That You Call Luck

    TV show Baca

  19. 1987
    On the Road to Katanga

    Movie Toša Palidrvce

  20. 1987
    Guardian Angel

    Movie Dragan

  21. 1986
    Volunteers

    Movie Kelner

  22. 1986
    Protest Album

    Movie Paša

  23. 1986
    Part-Time Divorce

    Movie Siniša Pantić

  24. 1985
    Hey Babu Riba

    Movie Glenov otac