Semka Sokolovic-Bertok
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Semka Sokolović-Bertok was a famous Bosnian actress. She also was a competitive chess
player in her youth, winning the Croatian Chess Championship
eight times.
In addition to her work at a theatre in Zagreb she appeared in numerous film roles. She made her film debut in 1956. Among others, she performed in the 1967 TV film Kineski zid (an adaptation of the Max Frisch
's play Die Chinesische Mauer). She also had a supporting role in La Corta delle bambole notte di vetro (1971, directed by Aldo Lado
), starring Ingrid Thulin
and Mario Adorf
.
In the TV movie Roko i Cicibela (Roko and Cicibela, 1978, directed by Stipe Delić) she played the female lead role. Sokolović-Bertok also starred as a teacher in the satirical film Majstori, majstori! (1980, directed by Goran Marković). Her last film was Grbavica
(2006, directed by Jasmila Žbanić
) before her March 4, 2008 death.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player in her youth, winning the Croatian Chess Championship
Croatian Chess Championship
The Croatian Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Croatia.-Winners :-References:* *...
eight times.
In addition to her work at a theatre in Zagreb she appeared in numerous film roles. She made her film debut in 1956. Among others, she performed in the 1967 TV film Kineski zid (an adaptation of the Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political...
's play Die Chinesische Mauer). She also had a supporting role in La Corta delle bambole notte di vetro (1971, directed by Aldo Lado
Aldo Lado
Aldo Lado is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was born in Fiume, Italy .He wrote 21 films between 1968 and 2004. He also directed 16 films between 1971 and 1994.-Selected filmography:...
), starring Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Lilian Thulin was a Swedish film actress.-Biography:Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna and Adam Thulin, a fisherman...
and Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf is a German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum.-Biography:...
.
In the TV movie Roko i Cicibela (Roko and Cicibela, 1978, directed by Stipe Delić) she played the female lead role. Sokolović-Bertok also starred as a teacher in the satirical film Majstori, majstori! (1980, directed by Goran Marković). Her last film was Grbavica
Grbavica (film)
Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian troops during the war...
(2006, directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Jasmila Žbanic
Jasmila Žbanić is a film director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, department for theater and film directing. She also worked as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. She is noted for the...
) before her March 4, 2008 death.