Slavko Štimac is a Serbian

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 actor. He graduated from The Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Serbia

Serbia

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Slavko Štimac made his screen debut in the 1972 film Vuk samotnjak

Vuk samotnjak

Vuk samotnjak is a Croatian Children's film. It was released in 1972.-External links:*...

. What followed was a career during which Štimac appeared in many popular and important 1970s and 1980s Yugoslav

Yugoslavia

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 films where he played child and adolescent characters (including the role of young Russian soldier in Sam Peckinpah

Sam Peckinpah

David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah was an American filmmaker and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch...

's Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. The film is set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviet's Caucasus operations that forced the Wehrmacht to retreat from the Taman Peninsula on the...

). His youthful looks later plagued his career, typecasting him into adolescent roles well into his 30s. However, in 2004 he had the leading role in Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

Emir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...

's Life Is a Miracle

Life Is a Miracle

Life is a Miracle is a Serbian drama film directed by Emir Kusturica in 2004. It was entered into the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

, some years after playing the role of a fool in the internationally acclaimed film Underground.

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