Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1934-10-15
Day of Death
1985-08-13
Place of Birth
Bitola, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Slobodan Aligrudić
Biography
Slobodan Aligrudić was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. He earned prominence as a thespian in Belgrade's Atelje 212 Theatre, but to a wider audience he is best known for his memorable character portrayals on film. Some of those roles were achieved in classic films of former Yugoslav cinema, including Love Affair: Or the Case of Missing Switchboard Operator. Due to his distinctly coarse look, most of his roles were stern authority figures, but he always managed to give them a breath of humanity. One of the best examples is Maho, a father character in Emir Kusturica's 1981 coming-of-age drama Do You Remember Dolly Bell?. Aligrudić worked with Kusturica again in his 1985 celebrated drama When Father Was Away on Business, in which he played an UDBA agent in charge of protagonist's "re-education". He died shortly after that film won Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and shortly after the death of his long-time colleague Zoran Radmilović. This event led many former Yugoslav film critics to say that "heaven had received a huge boost".
Filmography (38)
The Fifth Act
1985
Open Space
1985
When Father Was Away on Business
1985
Indian Mirror
1985
Great Transport
1983
Variola Vera
1982
Tailors for Jeans
1982
Let's Move On
1982
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
1981
Erogenous Zone
1981
The Promising Boy
1981
The Train for Kraljevo
1981
Who's Singin' Over There?
1980
Happy Family
1980
