Dragan Maksimović
Serbian actor (1949–2001)
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Dragan Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Максимовић; 7 February 1949 – 4 February 2001) was a Serbian actor.
Dragan Maksimović | |
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Maksimović as Lazar in Time of Miracles. | |
| Born | 7 February 1949 |
| Died | 4 February 2001 (aged 51) |
Cause of death | Beaten to death |
Resting place | Bežanija Cemetery, Belgrade |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–2001 |
Biography
Maksimović (nicknamed Maks) performed in more than sixty theatrical plays, movies and TV productions, between 1971 and 1999. His debut was in National Theatre in Belgrade playing Soldier in the play Mother Courage and her Children, 1971.
On 18 November 2000, Maksimović was attacked in the Zeleni Venac neighbourhood, in day-time, by a group of FK Rad supporters (after their team lost a match against FK Obilić), who assumed he was Romani. He died on 4 February 2001 in hospital.[1][2][3] On the initiative by film director Goran Marković, a commemorative plaque was placed at Zeleni Venac on 18 November 2006.[3] The perpetrators were never apprehended.[3]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The State of the Dead | Luka Mandić | |
| 1999 | The Dagger | Zulfikar | |
| 1998 | The Wounds | Patient | |
| 1998 | The Hornet | Azem | |
| 1996 | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | Petar | |
| 1993 | Byzantine Blue | Lovokradica | |
| 1992 | The Black Bomber | Psycho | |
| 1992 | We Are Not Angels | Hippie | |
| 1989 | Time of Miracles | Lazar | |
| 1988 | The Bizarre Country | Painter | |
| 1981 | The Fall of Italy | Rafo | |
| 1980 | Petria's Wreath | Miša | |
| 1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | G. I. Gurdjieff |