Ljubiša Samardžić

Born: 1936-11-19

​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.


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The Battle of Sutjeska

as Stanojlo
Released: 1973-07-03

The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The...

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The Battle of Neretva

as Novak
Released: 1969-10-07

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great...

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Kozara

as Mitar
Released: 1962-07-25

In June of 1942 Germans and their collaborators decide to get rid of partisans and their...

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The Battle of the Eagles

as Žare
Released: 1979-07-01

The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.

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Hey Babu Riba

as Glenov otac
Released: 1985-10-23

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their...

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Out of Step

as uncredited
Released: 1968-02-13

A disabled man takes on the system when his pension is tied up in a morass of red tape. His...

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The Girl

as Partizan
Released: 1965-05-07

A lyrical fourfold perspective on WWII through the eyes of a young partisan couple, a town...

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Boško Buha

as uncredited
Released: 1978-11-17

The movie is based on the true story about a group of children, barely teenagers, who joined...

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Walter Defends Sarajevo

as Zis
Released: 1972-04-12

Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and...

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Uros the Stupid

as Uroš
Released: 1989-01-01

The Zivkovic family lives on a hilly village, on cleared part of land. Having many relatives,...

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High Voltage

as Ivo Goreta
Released: 1981-02-23

After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is...

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Wheels

as Vlasnik hotela
Released: 1998-10-01

Nemanja leads a normal life with a steady job and a fiancée, until he is waylaid by a sudden...

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The Knife

as Markov pomoćnik
Released: 1967-01-01

A popular singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order...

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Life Is Beautiful

as Valentino
Released: 1985-06-03

After a train breaks down and the passengers are forced to spend a day at a remote country...

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In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain

as Zilio
Released: 1971-12-20

A poor laborer, Zilio, wants to marry Betìa, the daughter of a rich peasant woman. After number...

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Foolish Years

as Dr. Lazović
Released: 1977-12-15

Teenagers Marija and Boba fall in love. When Marija gets pregnant, Boba's friends come up with a...

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Zarki

as Janoš
Released: 1970-11-25

In Vojvodina during the war, a partisan commander Zarki fell into the hands of the local...

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Migrations II

as Trifun Isaković
Released: 1989-11-26

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people...

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The Dream

as Mali
Released: 1966-07-14

In the whirlpool of WW2, two peaceful towns that have already tasted peace are once again...

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Visitors from the Galaxy

as Toni
Released: 1982-07-02

Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a...

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Sugar Water

as Fotograf
Released: 1983-12-18

Unsatisfied with her looks and lack of sexual experience, a girl nicknamed Tomboy decides to...

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Jaguar Jump

as Bogdan
Released: 1984-06-28

The movie protagonist is an ordinary man from Belgrade. His daughter was stolen by his junkie...

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Volunteers

as Kelner
Released: 1986-07-20

In this amusing antiwar comedy, seven inept and reluctant soldiers land on a desert island to...

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Noon

as Ljubiša
Released: 1968-01-01

The lives of many people in one Serbian town are changed after Tito's breakup with Stalin.

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Some Other Woman

as Gvozden
Released: 1981-01-01

The murder of a famous gynecologist occurred under unusual circumstances. Inspectors found the...

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Inspector

as Borivoje Jovanović
Released: 1965-07-15

Having used someone else’s I.D. he had found in a barber shop, Boda is mistakenly being...

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A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

as Mačak
Released: 1974-05-31

A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local...

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Yu

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-12

The experiences and adventures of three “thirty-something” buddies who involuntarily find...

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The Morning

as Mladomir 'Mali'
Released: 1967-07-05

In the first days after the Second World War, as collaborators are being taken care of, a former...

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Long Live Freedom

as Komandant
Released: 1987-10-28

Old man Repovz recalls experiences of the WWII in an entertaining, comic way rather than tragic....

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Doctor Mladen

as Staniša
Released: 1975-01-01

The story begins in 1941 and shows one of the people who which were actually, very brave and...

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The Awkward Age

as Jovo 'Skandal'
Released: 1994-01-01

Adaptation of the highly popular children's novel by Branko Copic, who in this book resembles...

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The Train for Kraljevo

as Tole
Released: 1981-01-01

It is 1941 and the German occupying forces are taking over Yugoslavia, making a train ride to...

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Operation Belgrade

as Jasa (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1968-09-20

In Autumn of 1943 American plane carrying Soviet colonel is shot down near Nazi-occupied...

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The Naked Man

as Špiro
Released: 1968-07-18

The story is set in a small Dalmatian town. Soon after the death of a local nobleman, a girl who...

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Anticasanova

as Stipe
Released: 1985-06-27

Mirko is happily married man in his forties, employed in a record company. His quiet life is...

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Pula Confidential

as Himself
Released: 2003-01-01

A documentary about the history of Yugoslavian Film Festival in Pula and ex-Yu cinema in...

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Extramarital Travels

as Kapetan Tadić
Released: 1988-02-18

Tugomir, a student, wants to write a dissertation on Love, but fails to complete it before being...

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Poltroon

as Miodrag Krtalić
Released: 1989-07-17

In a typical Yugoslav company a relationship is developing between poltroon and CEO.

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The Climber

as Ivan Stojanović
Released: 1966-07-10

A young, ambitious man employs every means necessary in order to climb to the top of the social...

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The Bombers

as Kovač
Released: 1973-07-28

Two best friends, former Partisans, must face new challenges after the war.

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Massacre at Noon

as Kosta
Released: 1975-01-01

In Autumn of 1941, the German army, determined to put down a Communist-led uprising in Serbia,...

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The Demolition Squad

as Šarac
Released: 1967-01-01

The Germans held the strategically important airport, where planes were taking off to bombard...

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The Policeman from Cock's Hill

as Boško
Released: 1992-03-01

The adventures of a skillful Belgrade policeman who proves to be equally successful as a caring...

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Eagles Fly Early

as Nikoletina Bursać
Released: 1966-04-30

A group of kids from the Bosnian village often run away from school from the terror of Pepper, a...

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Savamala

as Lampas
Released: 1982-05-04

In Savamala, the most notorious part of Belgrade, lives an eighteen-year-old young man. In this...

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Days

as Dragan
Released: 1963-04-29

A married woman is living an unexcited life, until she meets a man who is able to put a smile on...

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On the Road to Katanga

as Toša Palidrvce
Released: 1987-05-03

Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native...

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The Timok Rebellion

as Lazar, učitelj
Released: 1983-07-05

In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia...

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Poor Maria

as Vojislav
Released: 1968-01-01

A sickly village girl wants to marry a house painter, who only prefers to fool around.

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A Naive Person

as Buzga Miročki
Released: 1975-01-01

Buzga the shepherd, an object of ridicule among his fellow villagers, discovers his painting...

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The Adventures of Borivoje Surdilovic

as Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
Released: 1980-10-06

Fascinated by his friend's success abroad, an out-of-work barber Šurda tries his luck in...

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The Hornet

as Profesor Lane Šekularac
Released: 1998-04-06

A love story between a Serbian girl and young Albanian set against the background of current...

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Three Tickets to Hollywood

as Limijer
Released: 1993-04-09

The story of three boys who, fascinated with seventh art magic, decide to escape from their...

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The Tiger

as Šorga 'Tigar'
Released: 1978-04-30

Šorga's, the retired boxing champion nicknamed "Tiger", wife leaves him for a wealthier guy. He...

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Watch Your Step

as Profesor Plavšić
Released: 1984-01-10

Last school days of one graduating generation. They should say goodbye to a part of life, part...

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Special Education

as Cane
Released: 1977-04-28

Educator and those educated in a home for juvenile delinquents in the same test: approach, take...

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The Love Life of Budimir Trajković

as Vojislav Trajković
Released: 1977-01-01

Trajković family are bridge builders. Being forced to move every once in a while, the bridges...

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White Grass

as uncredited
Released: 1976-02-16

When Dane returns from the army, Vera awaits him at the station, ready to live together with...

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Guardian Angel

as Dragan
Released: 1987-04-01

A journalist investigates the smuggling of gypsy children on the black market and tries to save...

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The Descent Upon Drvar

as Milan
Released: 1963-07-13

German forces in Yugoslavia set out to destroy the stronghold of Tito with a traitor's help, but...

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Yugofilm

as Bora
Released: 1997-10-10

The lives of a Serb family are torn apart by the pressures of the not-too-distant war with the...

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Boxers Go to Heaven

as Reum
Released: 1967-07-13

Tragicomic story about a former boxing champion, unbeaten in the ring, but beaten by alcohol.

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My Part-Time Dad

as Siniša Pantić
Released: 1982-01-01

The new misadventures of single mother Svetlana, her 12 year old son and (still) part-time...

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Tempting the Devil

as Poštar Đoka
Released: 1989-06-27

Two themes arise from the story, themes that are interlocked: the theme of love and of man's...

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Mad Summer

as Vice
Released: 1964-07-11

A summer in the life of tourist-seducing boys.

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Superfluous

as Mikajlo
Released: 1962-01-01

Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and...

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Aller retour

as Sava
Released: 1978-03-24

The story of a group of people who came to France to the temporary work, their sufferings,...

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Say Why Have You Left Me?

as Rade
Released: 1993-06-15

The story of a young man who, in 1991. receives order to report to a military drill, and finds...

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A Sand Castle

as Smoki
Released: 1962-01-01

Two boys are on an unplanned vacation by foot. They meet a girl who has nothing but a bikini...

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Ninth Miracle on the East

as Tomislav Brodarac
Released: 1972-07-18

Perpetual wandering of a man who searches for his own identity, never reaching the final...

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Two Halves of a Heart

as Otac
Released: 1982-03-17

A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.

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A Night at My Mother's House

as Sreten
Released: 1991-04-18

A love story of a couple coming from different social backgrounds set in the context of...

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Waning Moon

as Deda
Released: 2008-01-01

A story about rich lady who invites a poor fellow to her house with intentions to marry him. He...

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X + YY: Formel des Bösen

as Red Mitchell
Released: 1970-01-16

Playboy Red Mitchell suffers from chromosome malformation X+YY, a dangerous deformity of the...

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Orchestra of One Youthhood

as Dragiša Kojić
Released: 1985-02-27

True story about the brass band of a fire brigade during WW2.

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The Cyclists

as Vitomir
Released: 1970-03-12

A small town in the first year of the war. A story about young seamstress, a student, a traitor...

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Part-Time Work

as Siniša Pantić
Released: 1980-06-23

A comedy of everyday life problems of a "temporary" teacher who leads a very "temporary" life....

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The Little One

as Žika Ajkula
Released: 1991-11-01

In the suburban environment of 1960s Belgrade, thieves and vagabonds were first who escaped from...

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Premeditated Murder

as Vidosav
Released: 1995-11-15

Men, women, and war. Jelena Panic is a young woman in Belgrade in the early 1990s, during...

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The Death of Mr Goluza

as Goluža
Released: 1982-03-22

Traveling salesman in a small town before WW2 makes a solemn promise to kill himself. Later he...

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Blues for Sara

as Milivoj
Released: 1998-01-01

Private detective Emil Marlovsek can boast a wealth of solved cases of run away and lost dogs....

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Don't Come Back by the Same Way

as Abdul
Released: 1965-11-22

The story of a few untrained construction workers from poor underdeveloped parts of the country,...

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Broad Are the Leaves

as Marko
Released: 1981-04-02

The action takes place in 1943 and today, and a Partisan school in Srem is in the center of...

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Part-Time Divorce

as Siniša Pantić
Released: 1986-01-01

While heading to Spain to spend their honeymoon there, Siniša and Svetlana find themselves at...

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I'm Poor But Angry

as Sava Kekić
Released: 1970-02-03

A young barber comes to the small village to open a barbershop. He gradually gets to know with...

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The House by the Railway Tracks

as Staniša
Released: 1988-06-06

A Serbian family leaves the troubled Kosovo region after Albanians rape the daughter in front of...

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Honeymoon

as Rajko
Released: 1983-05-30

The first soft core porn flick made in former Yugoslavia (today Croatia). It was a huge cause...

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It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men

as Ivan Sekulović
Released: 1985-03-18

A divorcee and her three teenage daughters go on their summer holidays at sea. There they...

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Arrive Before Daybreak

as Kosta
Released: 1978-01-01

The story of political prisoners, detained in a jail before the start of the WWII, and their...

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From Every Man I Loved

as uncredited
Released: 1999-02-05

A story about Andjela and her three lovers, inspired by Chekhov’s prose.

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Visa for the Future

as Milan Golijanin
First aired: 2002-09-22

One of the first post-Independence Bosnian sitcoms. Production started on June 22, 2001 in...

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Walter Defends Sarajevo

as Zis
First aired: 1974-06-10

An extended version of the eponymous feature film.

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Hot Wind

as Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
First aired: 1980-01-17

Vruć vetar is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV series that aired in 1980. The show and movie...

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Policajac sa Petlovog brda

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-30

The adventures of a skillful Belgrade policeman who proves to be equally successful as a caring...

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Where the Wild Boars Go

as Crni Rok
First aired: 1971-04-28

It happens around Zagreb in 1941-1943, during World War II. Two groups of smugglers led by Crni...

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And That You Call Luck

as Baca
First aired: 1987-07-05

A satirical comedy about corruption and intrigues in an export-import company.

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