- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Died
- June 15, 2010
Bekim Fehmiu
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 p…
Filmography
movieBekim Fehmiu
2023 · Himself (archive footage)
movieHeart and Sword
1998 · Gormond
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
movieBalkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997 · Mentor
tvJulia Forever
1989 · Armando Zani #2
movieA Child Called Jesus
1987 · Joseph
The Last Story
movieThe Last Story
1987
movieThe Red and the Black
1985 · Ivan Pipan
Predators Pavilion
moviePredators Pavilion
1983 · Kálmán Furtek
movieThe Balad of Mamelouk
1982 · Ruler
movieThe Voice
1982 · Nicolay
movieBroad Are the Leaves
1981 · Baja
movieThe Battle of the Eagles
1979 · Major Dragan
movieArrive Before Daybreak
1978 · Esad Ljumi
movieSpecial Education
1977 · Žarko Munižaba
movieBlack Sunday
1977 · Fasil
movieReady for Anything
1977 · Marco
movieSalon Kitty
1976 · Hans Reiter
moviePermission to Kill
1975 · Alexander Diakim
moviePavle Pavlovic
1975 · Pavle Pavlović
movieLibera, My Love
1975 · Sandro Poggi
movieCagliostro
1975 · Count Alexander Cagliostro / Giuseppe Balsamo
movieThe Wind
1974 · Adam Milovanović
movieSilence the Witness
1974 · Il dottor Giorgio Sironi
movieDeps
1974 · Deps
movieIl gioco della verità
1974 · Alberto Santoro
movieThe Last Snows of Spring
1973 · Roberto
movieThe Reichstag Fire
1972 · Georgi Dimitrov
movieBekim Fehmiu Visits Albania
1972 · Himself
movieA Trap for the General
1971 · Doktor, obaveštajac OZNE
movieThe Deserter
1970 · Captain Victor Kaleb
movieThe Adventurers
1970 · Dax Xenos
movieThe Odyssey
1969 · Ulisse
movieDo Not Mention the Cause of Death
1968 · Mihajlo
tvThe Odyssey
1968 · Ulisse
movieProtest
1967 · Ivo Bajšić
movieI Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967 · Bora
movieThe Feverish Years
1966 · Mirko
movieThe Time of Love
1966 · Milija, trubač (segment "Put")
movieThe Swarm
1966 · Halil Beg
Klaxon
movieKlaxon
1965 · Marko
movieThe Enemy
1965
movieThe Girl
1965
movieShoot and It Shall Open
1965
movieUnder the Same Sky
1964 · Kerim
movieSasha
1962 · Marić, poručnik Kraljevske vojske
movieAmazons of Rome
1961 · Etruscan Soldier (uncredited)