Personal Info
Birth date
1955-08-25 (69 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Šabac, Serbia
Also known as
Branislav Lecic
Branislav Lečić
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Branislav Lečić (born 25 August 1955 in Šabac, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, and politician. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor in 1978. Original founder of the "My Serbia" Movement, he is the President of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia. He has been very successful in theater, where he received several prizes. He's one of the founders of several of the most important theater groups that influenced theater of the former Yugoslavia. A member of the Yugoslav drama theater (Jugoslovensko dramsko pozorište) from 1980. He is divorced and a father of two. Besides acting, he also took part in political life, being the leader of "Plišana revolucija" (Plush Revolution), during the reign of Slobodan Milošević. After the victory of the DOS in the 2000 presidential elections, he was named the Minister of culture in the government of the late Zoran Đinđić. After Čedomir Jovanović left Democratic Party (Serbia), Lečić followed, and became one of the founders of LDP. Soon afterwards, he left LDP, and founded the "Moja Srbija" (My Serbia) Movement, taking part in Serbian elections in 2008. In early 2010 he and his party merged into the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia. After the death of its founder and long-term leader Vladan Batić due to prolonged and progressive cancerous illness, Lecic was elected DHSS party president. Lečić appears in Boris Malagurski's documentary film The Weight of Chains (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Branislav Lečić, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Storks Will Return
8
Overview:
It follows the two lead characters, Svaba and Ekser, as they try to make a living on the streets of Belgrade through the life of petty crime. Making matters worse is the fact that Shvaba owes a lot of money to a local big-shot criminal. And just when things seem lost for the two men, Shvaba's mother inherits a house in Baranda - a village near Belgrade no one's ever heard of. As Shvaba and Ekser happily rush to Baranda, hoping to sell the house and solve all their problems, the villagers are equally happy to see them, thinking that two businessmen from Belgrade are finally taking an interest in their village...Grey Home
8.8
Overview:
A moving story about the residents of correctional facility, rejected by parents and environment. Going through a strict regimen of life in the home, they are constantly trying to reverse the fate in their favor. Although they were given a chance to change, their actions always return to the beginning. Constantly on the border between personal whims and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become humans, they remain as wolves who find hard to change their mood. What finally remains is a perpetual dilemma whether their fate is innate, or is it forced by the communities in which they grew up...The Heroes of Our Time
NYR
Overview:
A well-educated family man realizes that his life is in crisis. Could the next generation do better?Vuk Karadzic
7.333
Overview:
Vuk Karadžić, is а Yugoslavian historical drama television series which depicts the life and work of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian linguist and major reformer of the Serbo-Croatian language.Tunnel
8
Overview:
A tense psychological drama based on police reports depicts the work and lives of members of the negotiating group of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Serbia, whose work takes place on the border between life and deathAlexandar of Yugoslavia
6
Overview:
The series covers the period from the entry of King Alexander into liberated Belgrade after the end of the First World War until the assassination in Marseilles.Stories from the Factory
NYR
Overview:
Works and private lives of 800 female employees in the textile factory named "Star".Conspiracy
NYR
Overview:
A Croatian crime television mini-series by Roman Majetic. The plot begins with the assassination of the Croatian Prime Minister and follows efforts to uncover the perpetrators, with the help of police and other security services from neighboring Serbia and Montenegro.Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
8.9
Overview:
This movie reflects the history of Yugoslavia since the beginning of WWII (and similar to all ex-communist countries) to the last horrible events in Balcanian countries. Behind the comedy is hidden the pain of whole generations, which have suffered WWII, The Cold War, the war in Yugoslavia, the communism, the treachery of their own leadership, the fall. The film shows us the reality, as seen by those who feel unlimited love for their country and culture. Marko and Blacky represent the true leaders of the country, the soul of the nation and not without controversies. Once Upon A Time There Was A Country is an extended TV version of Emir Kusturica's Palme d'Or winning Underground.Underground
7.739
Overview:
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.Svetozar Markovic
NYR
Overview:
A biopic of an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. Svetozar Markovic developed an activist anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change, which set foundations for socialist ideals in his homeland.Wild Wind
4.2
Overview:
August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat, their concern focuses on the supply of oil from the refineries of Romania. Without the flow of "black gold", Germany's doom is sealed. Armadas of American bombers from bases in North Africa have begun to assault Pioesti - and there is another threat from the Partisans across the border of Yugoslavia. Against the tableau of spectacular events, the dramatic story of WILD WIND unfolds.Montevideo, God Bless You!
6.633
Overview:
A story about one team that decides to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the First World Football Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. A dream that allows them to become true stars and living legends.The Beautiful Blue Danube
4.8
Overview:
Luxurious Danube river cruiser "Kriemhild", on a 2 day tour from Vienna to Belgrade. The ship "Kriemhild" is a floating sin city. Exhausted, unhappy, frustrated people from western Europe come here to "relax" and conduct business with alcohol, entertainment and sex. The crew of the "Kriemhild" are young people from eastern Europe who are trying to earn enough money to escape their small insignificant lives. That one night on this ship will shuffle the hands of fate of both the passengers and the crew of the ship. Prejudices, stereotypes and lack of communication between men and women, people of different religions, nationalities and social statutes will lead to absurd and, at times, dangerous situations, all colored with elements of dark humor. The night will unveil pain and tears, happiness and laughter.Oktoberfest
6.4
Overview:
Luka Banjanin is an unemployed young man living with his parents in Belgrade. He hangs out with few devoted friends who, like him, are yet to find place in a society that discarded young intellectuals. He plays saxophone and dreams about going to Oktoberfest, the annual beer festival in Munich, but he's being unable to get passport because of a smaller drug incident he had in the past. Totally careless about his long-term girlfriend, he suddenly falls for a mysterious woman who seems to appear in the same places as him, and then vanishes as quickly as possible. Believing that he's at the wrong place at the wrong time, Luka wanders from one misadventure to another, gradually losing the contact with reality and living out his own Oktoberfest in his mind.Special Education
6.9
Overview:
Educator and those educated in a home for juvenile delinquents in the same test: approach, take a peek into his soul to become a man. The story of a minor, neglected boys-offenders and their teachers who try to reject the old methods of rehabilitation.Human Zoo
5.2
Overview:
In Marseille, the young Serbian-Albanian Adria Shala is an illegal immigrant traumatized by her past. Every now and then Adria recalls her life in Kosovo, when she was saved from rape by a deserter called Srdjan Vasiljevic in 1999. They move to Belgrade where Srdjan becomes a gangster, dealing weapons and becoming an assassin. Adria learns how to shoot and helps Srdjan with his work at first, becoming his mistress later.St. George Shoots the Dragon
6.2
Overview:
Love triangle story between the village gendarme Đorđe, his wife Katarina and the young disabled war veteran Gavrilo during the time between First Balkan War and World War I.Battle of Kosovo
6.4
Overview:
In 1389, the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanović refused to submit to the Turkish Sultan Murat, who was invading Serbia with a large army, in order to continue conquering Europe through it.Labyrinth
5.7
Overview:
The story evolves around the Arian sect. During the III century AD they have seriously shaken the very foundations of Christian world. It is also known that in this region they had a stronghold between towns of Sirmium and Belgrade. "Labyrinth" is not only the story about our times, but a story of our roots.The Professional
7.5
Overview:
Till recently a University professor, a bohemian writer, a member of Belgrade's intellectual circles and a passionate opponent of the Milosevic's regime meets the man, unknown to him, but who knows every tiny detail of his life. Man tells him a story and plot unfolds unimaginably.The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip
5.8
Overview:
When Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand, Austrian future king , the World War I began. What will Gavrilo Princip do? He has to choose, hard jail untill death, or hanging. There are so much things happening in Bosnia.My Uncle's Legacy
5.3
Overview:
In this politically charged drama, the turbulent times just following Marshal Tito's rejection of ties to Moscow comes to life. Interestingly, even in the first few years after the Yugoslavian leader's death, the subject matter of this film was considered too hot to handle, and the director had to appeal to the courts for permission to shoot it. In the story, Martin is a schoolboy with a sense of the absurd and a willingness to use ridicule to amuse himself and his classmates. He has an uncle who is high up in the nation's bureaucracy who protects him and his grandfather now that his father has died. His grandfather is too stubborn to give his farm to the local farming collective, and Martin himself is in hot water with the principal for making fun of his girlfriend, one of the students at the high school. However, as long as the uncle is able to protect them, they remain out of hot water.Silent Gunpowder
4.6
Overview:
Silent Gunpowder (Serbo-Croatian: Gluvi barut) is a Yugoslavian war film Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander Španac and a former Royal Army officer Radekić. Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new, Communist, ideology and so the main plot axis is the conflict between them. At the 1990 Pula Film Festival, the film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, as well as the awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Branislav Lečić), Best Film Score (Goran Bregović). The film was also shown at the 1991 Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.The Absurd Scam
5
Overview:
The film is conceived as a video game where every link in society, from the highest to the lowest has its role in creating the perfect vision of fraud, not knowing who cheats, and who is deceived.The Promising Boy
6.1
Overview:
A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to perform rebellious acts.Sheitan Warrior
5.6
Overview:
Trouble usually starts when the power falls into the wrong hands. That's how the book that hides an ancient evil fell to Stanislav. It does not matter whether Stanislav is a nice guy who helps old ladies cross the street, a psychopath, nerd, or a blood-thirsty young man.A Summer to Remember
NYR
Overview:
Zagreb, Yugoslavia in 1890. A group of high-school students run away on an adventure that ends in scandal. The ringleader, Gusta, is expelled from school and sent to stay with his uncle in rural Turopolje. Here, a totally new world opens up to him, where the internal tragedies of the people are played out against the castle of Brezovica and a small town of wooden-framed houses. People end up in this idyllic exile because of some previous "sin" and try then to make the best of their lives there. But memories of the outside world impinge on their happiness.Acting
TBAConspiracy (1 Episode) as Srpski premijer
TBASvetozar Markovic (1 Episode) as Đura Ljocić
TBAThe Absurd Scam as Unknown
2023Tunnel (12 Episodes) as Načelnik beogradske policije
2023Bekim Fehmiu as Himself
2021Alexander of Yugoslavia as Nikola Pašić
2021Alexandar of Yugoslavia (15 Episodes) as Nikola Pašić
2019The Heroes of Our Time (21 Episodes) as Profesor Milićević
2019Execution as Nenad
2017Grace as Šef kluba
2016Name: Dobrica, Last Name: Unknown as Upravnik zatvora
2016In the Deathroom as Kempes
2014Serbia in the Great War as Vojvoda Živojin Mišić
2014The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip as Ivasjuk
2014Laush as Himself
2013Military Academy 2 as Načelnik general Nikola Stefanović
2011October as Miroslav
2010Montevideo, God Bless You! as King Alexander
2009St. George Shoots the Dragon as Tasić
2009Human Zoo as Commander Stojkovic
2009Electrically Powered Music as Himself
2008The Beautiful Blue Danube as Horst from Germany
2007The Storks Will Return (25 Episodes) as Petar 'Pera' Vulin
2006Sheitan Warrior as Knjaz Miloš
2003The Professional as Teodor Kraj
2002Labyrinth as Milan Aksentijević
2000The Secret of Family Treasure as Ljubomir Starčević 'Ljuba Ris'
1997Balkan Rules as Prašnjavi
1996Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (6 Episodes) as Mustafa
1995Underground as Mustafa
1994Born to Be a Warrior as Japan
1994In the Middle of Nowhere as Stole
1994Dirty Old Man as Unknown
1993Three Tickets to Hollywood as Gavrilo
1992Boulevard of the Revolution as Dragan
1991My Brother Aleksa as Aleksa Šantić
1991Charuga as Crveni Božo
1990Silent Gunpowder as Miloš Radekić
1990Balkan Perestroika as Milorad Cvijović
1990A Summer to Remember as Zefir / odrasli Gustav
1989Battle of Kosovo as Bajazit Jildirim
1989Migrations as Aranđel Isaković (voice) (uncredited)
1989The Balkan Mass-Media Sciences as Milorad Cvijović
1988My Uncle's Legacy as Vinko Maglica
1988Rudi as Unknown
1988Blackbird as Stimjanovićev otac
1987Vuk Karadzic (16 Episodes) as Hajduk Veljko
1987Oktoberfest as Lepi
1986Black Marija as Zenit
1986Grey Home (12 Episodes) as Crni
1985Wild Wind as Poručnik
1985Stories from the Factory (5 Episodes) as Ivan Đaković
1985The Tombola as Dušan 'Tombola'
1983The Igman March as Španac
1981Picnic in Topola as Igor
1981The Promising Boy as Karatista
1980Svetozar Markovic as Đura Ljocić
1980The Outlaw as Kapetan Topolac
1977Special Education as Fikret