Ljubiša Samardžić
Acting · Directing
Born 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 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
- 2011The Scent of Rain in the Balkans — Director
- Scent of Rain in the Balkans — Director
- 2008Waning Moon — Deda, Director
- 2007Black Horses — Deda, Director, Producer
- Goose Feather — Marijin otac, Director, Creator
- 2004Goose Feather — Marijin otac, Director, Producer
- 2003Bare Ground — Director
- 2003Yu
- Visa for the Future — Milan Golijanin
- 2001Natasha — Director
- 2000Sky Hook — Director, Producer
- 1999From Every Man I Loved
- 1998Blues for Sara — Milivoj
- 1998The Hornet — Profesor Lane Šekularac
- 1998Wheels — Vlasnik hotela
- 1997Yugofilm — Bora
- 1995Premeditated Murder — Vidosav
- 1994The Awkward Age — Jovo 'Skandal'
- Policajac sa Petlovog brda
- 1993Say Why Have You Left Me? — Rade
- 1993Three Tickets to Hollywood — Limijer
- 1992The Policeman from Cock's Hill — Boško
- 1991A Night at My Mother's House — Sreten, Producer
- 1991The Little One — Žika Ajkula
- 1989Migrations II — Trifun Isaković
- 1989Poltroon — Miodrag Krtalić
- 1989Tempting the Devil — Poštar Đoka
- 1989Uros the Stupid — Uroš
- 1988Extramarital Travels — Kapetan Tadić
- 1988The House by the Railway Tracks — Staniša
- And That You Call Luck — Baca
- 1987Guardian Angel — Dragan
- 1987Long Live Freedom — Komandant
- 1987On the Road to Katanga — Toša Palidrvce
- 1986Part-Time Divorce — Siniša Pantić
- 1986Protest Album — Paša
- 1986Volunteers — Kelner
- 1985Anticasanova — Stipe
- 1985Hey Babu Riba — Glenov otac
- 1985It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men — Ivan Sekulović
- 1985Life Is Beautiful — Valentino
- 1985Orchestra of One Youthhood — Dragiša Kojić
- 1984Jaguar Jump — Bogdan
- 1984Watch Your Step — Profesor Plavšić
- 1983Honeymoon — Rajko
- 1983Sugar Water — Fotograf
- 1983The Timok Rebellion — Lazar, učitelj
- 1982My Part-Time Dad — Siniša Pantić
- 1982Savamala — Lampas
- 1982The Death of Mr Goluza — Goluža
- 1982Two Halves of a Heart — Kerim, otac
- 1981Broad Are the Leaves — Marko
- 1981High Voltage — Ivo Goreta
- 1981Some Other Woman — Gvozden
- 1981The Train for Kraljevo — Tole
- 1981Visitors from the Galaxy — Toni
- Bosko Buha — Milun
- Hot Wind — Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
- 1980Part-Time Work — Siniša Pantić
- 1980The Adventures of Borivoje Surdilovic — Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
- 1979The Battle of the Eagles — Žare
- 1978Aller retour — Sava
- 1978Arrive Before Daybreak — Kosta
- 1978Boshko Buha — Milun
- 1978The Tiger — Šorga 'Tigar'
- 1977Foolish Years — Dr. Lazović
- 1977Special Education — Cane
- 1977The Love Life of Budimir Trajković — Vojislav Trajković
- 1976White Grass
- 1975A Naive Person — Buzga Miročki
- 1975Doctor Mladen — Staniša
- 1975Massacre at Noon — Kosta
- 1975Wonderful Dust
- 1974A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja — Mačak
- Walter Defends Sarajevo — Zis
- 1973The Battle of Sutjeska — Stanojlo
- 1973The Bombers — Kovač
- 1972Ninth Miracle on the East — Tomislav Brodarac
- 1972Walter Defends Sarajevo — Zis
- 1971In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain — Zilio
- Where the Wild Boars Go — Crni Rok
- 1970I'm Poor But Angry — Sava Kekić
- 1970The Cyclists — Vitomir
- 1970X + YY: Formel des Bösen — Red Mitchell
- 1970Zarki — Janoš
- 1969The Battle of Neretva — Novak
- 1968Noon — Ljubiša
- 1968Operation Belgrade — Jasa (voice) (uncredited)
- 1968Out of Step
- 1968Poor Maria — Vojislav
- 1968The Naked Man — Špiro
- 1967Boxers Go to Heaven — Reum
- 1967The Demolition Squad — Šarac
- 1967The Knife — Markov Pomoćnik
- 1967The Morning — Mladomir 'Mali'
- 1966Eagles Fly Early — Nikoletina Bursać
- 1966The Climber — Ivan Stojanović
- 1966The Dream — Mali
- 1965Don't Come Back by the Same Way — Abdul
- 1965Inspector — Borivoje Jovanović
- 1965The Girl — Partizan
- 1964Mad Summer — Vice
- 1963Days — Dragan
- 1963The Descent Upon Drvar — Milan
- 1962A Sand Castle — Smoki
- 1962Kozara — Mitar
- 1962Superfluous — Mikajlo
- 1961Scaffolding Games — Gvardijan
- Evening School
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2016Sevdalinka: The Alchemy of Soul — Himself
- 2003Pula Confidential — Himself