
Bekim Fehmiu
Acting
Born: 1936-06-02 · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 2010-06-15
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 awa
🎬 Movies (20)

Bekim Fehmiu
2023
Himself (archive footage)

Heart and Sword
1998
Gormond
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
Mentor

A Child Called Jesus
1987
Joseph
The Last Story
1987

The Red and the Black
1985
Ivan Pipan
Predators Pavilion
1983
Kálmán Furtek

The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
Ruler

The Voice
1982
Nicolay

Broad Are the Leaves
1981
Baja

The Battle of the Eagles
1979
Major Dragan

Arrive Before Daybreak
1978
Esad Ljumi

Special Education
1977
Žarko Munižaba

Black Sunday
1977
Fasil

Ready for Anything
1977
Marco

Salon Kitty
1976
Hans Reiter

Permission to Kill
1975
Alexander Diakim

Pavle Pavlovic
1975
Pavle Pavlović

Libera, My Love
1975
Sandro Poggi

Cagliostro
1975
Count Alexander Cagliostro / Giuseppe Balsamo

