Pavle Vuisić

Pavle Vuisić
Pavle Vuisić
Павле Вуисић
	Vuisić on a 2013 Serbia postage stamp.
Born	10 July 1926; Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	1 October 1988 (aged 62); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Other names	Paja
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1986

Pavle "Paja" Vuisić (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле "Паја" Вуисић; 10 July 1926 – 1 October 1988) was a Yugoslavian actor, known as one of the most recognizable faces of former Yugoslav cinema. With many sharing the opinion that he was one of the greatest actors and people from the Balkans.

Biography

Pavle Vujisić (Вујисић) was born in Belgrade to father Mišo, a police force agent and mother Radmila. He was named after his grandfather Pavle, Montenegrin jurist and brigadier. His great-grandfather was Milosav Mišnin Vujisić, famous hero from Donja Morača and commander of the guard of Prince Danilo.^[1] He joined the Yugoslav Partisans and fought at the Syrmian Front. He studied law and worked as a journalist for Radio Belgrade before getting a small role in 1950 film Čudotvorni mač. After that he tried to become a professional actor, but failed to enroll in Drama Arts Academy in Belgrade.

His first major role was in 1955 film Šolaja. He was never a star, but he quickly established himself as one of the most dependable and versatile character actors. In his long and prolific career he played many different roles, both dramatic and comical, and earned great respect from almost any director with whom he worked. He is arguably best known for his role in 1972 TV series Kamiondžije (Truck Drivers), where he was paired with comedian Miodrag Petrović Čkalja.

One of the acting awards in Serbia (for lifetime acting achievement in movies, awarded at film festival in Niš) is named after him.

Orson Welles said in interview for former Yugoslav television RTZ that he considered Pavle Vuisić as the best actor in the world.

His legacy is housed by Adligat.^[2]

Selected filmography

The Magic Sword (1950) - Vitez
Perfidy (1953) - Mornar
The Gypsy Girl (1953) - Guta
Solaja (1955) - Cetnik Bubalo
Potraga (1956) - Sluzbenik u policiji
Zenica (1957) - Rajko
Subotom uvece (1957) - Redar (segment "Doktor")
Rafal u nebo (1958) - Kosta
Tri koraka u prazno (1958) - Obrad - ladjar
Cetiri kilometra na sat (1958) - Kafedzija Gliga
Te noci (1958) - Dragisa
Pogon B (1958) - Mane Karakas
Sam (1959) - Sarac
Osma vrata (1959) - Zandarm
Campo Mamula (1959) - Milic
Point 905 (1960) - Pajo Serpa
Kapetan Lesi (1960) - Crnoberzijanac
Drug predsednik centarfor (1960) - Radisa
Bolje je umeti (1960) - Mane Karakas
Parce plavog neba (1961) - Ceda
Nema malih bogova (1961) - Direktor servisnih stanica
Ne diraj u srecu (1961) - Instruktor Maric
Velika turneja (1961) - Sofer Krsto
Cudna devojka (1962) - Profesor fakulteta
La steppa (1962) - Kuzmiciov
Zvizduk u osam (1962) - Direktor filmskog preduzeca
Macak pod sljemom (1962) - Ilija Kapara
Double Circle (1963) - Krcmar Marko
Desant na Drvar (1963) - Vasina
Herrenpartie (1964) - Nikola Kelner
Vrtlog (1964) - Stojan ... otac (segment "Vrtlog")
Narodni poslanik (1964) - Sekulic
Svanuće (1964) - Ilija
Prometheus of the Island (1964) - Sjor Zane
Sette a Tebe (1964)
Neprijatelj (1965)
To Come and Stay (1965) - Mileta
Inspektor (1965) - Sef racunovodstva Matic
Gorki deo reke (1965) - Ribar
Konjuh planinom (1966) - Bosko - miner
Vreme ljubavi (1966) - (segment "Kavez")
Monday or Tuesday (1966) - Markov otac
Sretni umiru dvaput (1966) - Cetnik Radovan
The Rats Woke Up (1967) - Krmanos
Nemirni (1967) - Bogdan Bogojevic
Bomb at 10:10 (1967) - Man with the glasses
Bokseri idu u raj (1967) - Sveti Petar
Dim (1967) - Gaben
Macedonian Blood Wedding (1967) - Pop Damjan
Brat doktora Homera (1968) - Atanas
Uzrok smrti ne pominjati (1968) - Jagos
Sunce tudjeg neba (1968) - Rajko Djokovic 'Kurjak'
Ram za sliku moje drage1 (1968) - Uskok
Kad cujes zvona (1969) - Gara
Zaseda (1969) - Staresina sela
Horoskop (1969) - Otpravnik vozova
An Event (1969) - Djed Jura
Battle of Neretva (1969) - Sofer
Moja strana svijeta (1969)
Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao nacin i iz niskih pobuda (1969) - Pavle Vuisic (uncredited)
Bablje ljeto (1970)
Lepa parada (1970) - Ziza Sinter
Zivot je masovna pojava (1970) - Maestro
Prva ljubav (1970) - Alas
Zarki (1970) - Obrad
Zedj (1971) - Trendafil
Dan duzi od godine (1971) - Nadzornik
Moja luda glava (1971) - Kapetan
Dorucak sa djavolom (1971) - Dimitrije
Black Seed (1971) - Maki
Makedonski del od pekolot (1971) - Josif Dzo
Opklada (1971) - Miller
Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972) - Otpravnik vozova
I Bog stvori kafansku pevacicu (1972) - Ratkov stric
Traces of a Black Haired Girl (1972) - Paja
The Master and Margaret (1972) - Azazelo
Razmeđa (1973) - Pajo
Paja i Jare (1973) - Pavle 'Paja' Cutura
Death and the Dervish (1974) - Muftija
Hell River (1974) - (uncredited)
Doktor Mladen (1975) - Radovan Tadic
Anno Domini 1573 (1975) - Franjo Tahy
Naivko (1975) - Gazda Velja
Salas u Malom Ritu (1976) - Paja
Beach Guard in Winter (1976) - Buda
Povratak otpisanih (1976) - Joca
Leptirov oblak (1977) - Krckov otac
Bestije (1977) - Pijanista
Hajka (1977) - Filip Bekic
The Dog Who Loved Trains (1977) - Stric
Nije nego (1978) - Markov otac
Ward Six (1978) - Cuvar Nikita
Moment (1978) - Ljuba Kvrga
The Tiger (1978) - Sorgin tener
Posljednji podvig diverzanta Oblaka (1978) - Oblak
Poslednja trka (1979) - Mikos
Pakleni otok (1979) - Bartul
Drugarcine (1979) - Mika
Across the Blue Sea (1979) - Sjor Frane
Pozorisna veza (1980) - Pijanac
Special Treatment (1980) - Direktorov otac
Petria's Wreath (1980) - Ljubisa
Who's Singin' Over There? (1980) - Kodukter
Olovna brigada (1980) - Mirko
Majstori, majstori (1980) - Stole
Hajduk (1980) - Gazda Urosevic
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) - Tetak
Berlin kaputt (1981) - Mate
Sesta brzina (1981) - Prof. Psihijatar
Gazija (1981) - Papaz
Laf u srcu (1981) - Majstor
Sok od sljiva (1981) - Ljuba
Idemo dalje (1982) - Dragisa
The Marathon Family (1982) - Milutin Topalovic
13. jul (1982) - Perisa Blagotin
The Smell of Quinces (1982) - Jozo
Twilight Time (1982) - Pashko
Nedeljni rucak (1982) - Drug Jerkovic
Daleko nebo (1982) - Mate Rogulj ... avio mehanicar u penziji
Halo taxi (1983) -Aga
Medeni mjesec (1983) - Drug Laza
Kamiondzije opet voze (1984) - Pavle 'Paja' Cutura
Early Snow in Munich (1984) - Otac
O pokojniku sve najlepse (1984) - Vuk Lukic
Vojnici (1984) - Jokas
When Father Was Away on Business (1985) - Dedo Muzamer
Life Is Beautiful (1985) - Kruscic, gazda kafane
Debeli i mrsavi (1985) - Jovan Kupusic
Jazol (1985) - Masinovozacot
Od zlata jabuka (1986) - Strahinja (final film role)