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Bekim Fehmiu
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Bekim Fehmiu
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-06-02,Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gender
Male
Biography
Bekim Fehmiu (Albanian: [bɛˈkim fɛhˈmiu]; Cyrillic: Беким Фехмију; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War. In 1960, Fehmiu became a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, which he left in 1967, citing bad treatment, to become a free artist. Fehmiu's big break was the 1967 film I Even Met Happy Gypsies, a subtle portrayal of Roma life which won two awards in Cannes and was nominated for an Oscar. Known for his macho appearance and mild manner, Fehmiu was then wooed by Western filmmakers and signed a contract with the Academy Award-winning producer Dino De Laurentiis. It was De Laurentiis who, in 1968, cast him as Odysseus in the acclaimed mini-series of The Odyssey. It was the first blockbuster of Italian television and made Fehmiu an icon in parts of Europe. Fehmiu seemed poised for stardom in Hollywood as well, but his first American film, The Adventurers, was a critical and financial disaster which "ruined any chances for Fehmiu to achieve similar stardom in Hollywood". In 1971, Fehmiu starred in the western action drama The Deserter, directed by Burt Kennedy. In 1973 he played the role of the busy father in Raimondo Del Balzo's heartbreaking film The Last Snows of Spring, and then in 1975 played the role of ex-politician Alexander Diakim in the movie Permission to Kill, with Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. In 1976, Fehmiu starred as fictional murdered Luftwaffe pilot, Hans Reiter in Tinto Brass's film, Salon Kitty alongside Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin and Teresa Ann Savoy. He portrayed a Palestinian terrorist in John Frankenheimer's 1977 political thriller, Black Sunday. Despite his Hollywood films achieving little success, he did well in European art house cinema as well as in the theatre, the latter being his preferred medium. He portrayed the father of Mother Teresa, Nikola Boyaxhiu, in the 1982 film La Voce (The Voice). He acted as Joseph in the Italian production A Child Called Jesus (1987). He was to have acted in the movie Genghis Khan (1992), but it was ultimately never made. In 1987, in protest at the Yugoslavian government's treatment of Kosovar Albanians, he walked off the stage at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade during the play Madame Kollontai by Agneta Pleijel. He left the stage, and soon after, film. Fehmiu was found dead on 15 June 2010 in his apartment in Belgrade. Initial reports stated he committed suicide. Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said Fehmiu was found shot in his apartment and the gun was registered in Fehmiu's name. He was 74 years old. His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered in Prizren Bistrica in Prizren, his childhood home. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bekim Fehmiu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.7

Odissea
1968-03-24

6.7

Black Sunday
1977-04-01

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

6.9

I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967-03-27

The Adventurers

4.5

The Adventurers
1970-03-25

Permission to Kill

5.5

Permission to Kill
1975-11-20

6

The Deserter
1970-12-04

The Battle of the Eagles

6.3

The Battle of the Eagles
1979-07-01

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Bekim Fehmiu
2023-09-21

Bekim Fehmiu Visits Albania

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Bekim Fehmiu Visits Albania
1972-01-01

6

Klaxon
1965-07-15

The Feverish Years

6.3

The Feverish Years
1966-07-14

Special Education

7

Special Education
1977-04-28

6.2

The Girl
1965-05-07

Il gioco della verità

0

Il gioco della verità
1974-03-17

The Last Snows of Spring

7

The Last Snows of Spring
1973-12-20

Silence the Witness

5

Silence the Witness
1974-05-15

A Child Called Jesus

6.6

A Child Called Jesus
1987-01-08

6.5

Sasha
1962-01-01

6.3

The Swarm
1966-05-16

The Balad of Mamelouk

4

The Balad of Mamelouk
1982-11-26

Do Not Mention the Cause of Death

5.2

Do Not Mention the Cause of Death
1968-04-16

Under the Same Sky

6.6

Under the Same Sky
1964-01-01

Broad Are the Leaves

6.3

Broad Are the Leaves
1981-04-02

6.3

Deps
1974-03-26

6

The Enemy
1965-06-11

0

The Last Story
1987-01-01

Libera, My Love

5.2

Libera, My Love
1975-03-21

Ready for Anything

4.2

Ready for Anything
1977-02-24

A Trap for the General

5.7

A Trap for the General
1971-11-26

5

The Wind
1974-07-12

The Time of Love

5.7

The Time of Love
1966-07-10

5

Protest
1967-07-08

Arrive Before Daybreak

6

Arrive Before Daybreak
1978-01-01

Heart and Sword

8

Heart and Sword
1998-11-22

5

Pavle Pavlovic
1975-07-14

0

The Voice
1982-02-13

The Red and the Black

5

The Red and the Black
1985-05-25

5.581

Salon Kitty
1976-03-02

Shoot and It Shall Open

5.4

Shoot and It Shall Open
1965-04-16

0

Cagliostro
1975-02-21

0

Pavilón šeliem
1983-04-01

The Reichstag Fire

0

The Reichstag Fire
1972-03-02

0

Julia Forever
1989-09-23

8.9

The Odyssey
1968-03-24