Žarko Laušević

Žarko Laušević (Жарко Лаушевић) is a Montenegrin actor. Considered to be one of the most talented actors of his generation, Zarko Lausevic became a leading actor early in his career. By the age of 33, he was a major star across the former Yugoslavia on both stage and screen, displaying a wide range of dramatic skills.

In July 1993, Lausevic's entered into a quarrel with a group of local youths, together with his brother. This escalated into a fist fight, culminating in Lausevic firing multiple rounds from his handgun, killing two of the youths and seriously wounding one. Sentenced by a Montenegrin (republic) court to prison initially, his conviction was overturned by the Yugoslav (appellate) court on the grounds that the first-instance court had improperly dismissed Lausevic's self-defense argument, and the punishment was drastically reduced. Lausevic served 4 years and 7 months in prison before his release. But Lausevic faced further legal battles. There were appeals by the Montenegrin prosecution, numerous retrials and inconsistent, ad hoc rulings by the Montenegrin court system. In 2001, the prison sentence was reinstated to 13 years by the Montenegrin courts.

In the late 1990s, Lausevic left Yugoslavia for the United States. It is speculated that the move was made due to possible revenge by families of the deceased. Zarko Lausevic has been living in the United States since and is currently fighting deportation proceedings.

Zarko Lausevic was born on January 19, 1960, in Cetinje, Montenegro (one of the republics, a federal unit, that comprised the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at that time). He fell in love with theater and acting in his early teens, and got his first TV role at the age of eighteen. In 1982, immediately upon graduating from the University of Belgrade’s Academy of Theatrical Arts, he was cast in his first lead film role. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Lausevic received mostly lead roles in 25 movies, 17 TV shows and numerous theatrical productions all across Yugoslavia. During this period, Lausevic became one of Yugoslavia's most popular movie and theatrical actors. Although young, handsome and very charismatic, it was Lausevic's dramatic skills and range as an actor that propelled him to fame across the former Yugoslavia.

Filmography:

Nož (1999) .... Alija Osmanović/Ilija Jugović

Ranjena zemlja (1999)

Rođen kao ratnik (1994) .... Gibon

Kaži zašto me ostavi (1993) .... Peđa

Bolje od bekstva (1993

Preci i potomci (1992) .... Narrator

Crni bombarder (1992) .... Šmajser

Montenegro (1991) (V)

Original falsifikata (1991) .... Stojan

Stela (1990) .... Mato Herceg

Baal (1990) (TV) .... Ekart

Zaboravljeni (1990) TV Series .... Aca 'Vena'

Kolubarska bitka (1990) (TV) .... Aleksa Dačić

Početni udarac (1990)

Atoški vrtovi - preobrazenje (1989) .... Sava slikar

Boj na Kosovu (1989) .... Miloš Obilić

Songlines (1989) (V) .... (video 'For a Million')

Braća po materi (1988) .... Braco Gavran

Camino del sur, El (1988) .... Moritz

The Fortunate Pilgrim" (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Guido

Vuk Karadžić .... Knez Mihailo Obrenović (4 episodes, 1988)

Putovanje (1988) TV Episode .... Knez Mihailo Obrenović

Vučići (1988) TV Episode .... Knez Mihailo Obrenović

Bratimstvo (1988) TV Episode .... Knez Mihailo Obrenović

Dobri hodi Crnoj Gori (1988) TV Episode .... Knez Mihailo Obrenović

Ranjenik (1988) (TV)

Leto (1988) (TV)

Oktoberfest (1987) .... Skobi

Pod ruševinama (1987) (TV)

Dogodilo se na današnji dan (1987) .... Bajra

Rimski Dan (1987) (TV) .... Sekst Propercije

Oficir s ružom (1987) .... Petar Horvat

Lepota poroka (1986) .... Mladić s cigaretom

Dobrovoljci (1986) .... Sportista

Šmeker (1986) .... Šmeker

Svečana obaveza (1986) (TV) .... Zoran Hadžikostić

Jagode u grlu (1985) .... Lale

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