Branko Milićević
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Branislav "Branko" Milićević ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Бранислав "Бранко" Милићевић}}), also known by his stage name Branko Kockica (Branko the Little Cube), is a Serbian (Yugoslavian) actor known for his roles in children's TV shows.{{cite web |title=Kako je Branko Kockica od najvećeg heroja postao veliki negativac |url=https://noizz.rs/kontra/kako-je-branko-kockica-od-najveceg-heroja-postao-veliki-negativac/02m01w9 |website=noizz.rs |date=28 November 2017}}{{cite web |title="SAVIJU SE NOVINE, PA PO TURU..." Branko Kockica ispričao kako treba vaspitavati decu, a o njegovom stavu će se lomiti mišljenja |url=https://www.blic.rs/sudbine/branko-kockica-deca-vaspitavanje/2cl3evf |website=blic.rs |date=27 January 2021}}
Early life
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Born in Zemun, at the time in Yugoslavia, he became a singer in his childhood. He later became famous for his work on a television series for children entitled Kocka, kocka, kockica (Cube, Cube, Cubelet) which was on the air for several decades on TV Belgrade.
Cube, Cube, Cubelet
In 1974, on Belgrade TV (Channel 1), Branko started the children's TV series Kocka, kocka, kockica (Cube, Cube, Cubelet).{{cite news |title=45 GODINA OD PRVE EPIZODE KULTNE JUGOSLAVENSKE DJEČJE EMISIJE Kockica: 'Ovi što su je kao mali gledali sada su veliki, a među njima ima mnogo smeća' |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/film-i-televizija/45-godina-od-prve-epizode-kultne-jugoslavenske-djecje-emisije-kockica-ovi-sto-su-je-kao-mali-gledali-sada-su-veliki-a-medu-njima-ima-mnogo-smeca-9675406 |work=Jutarnji list |date=28 November 2019}} Over the next twenty years, 250 episodes were shown, terminating in 1994.{{cite web |title=Prije 45 godina emitovana prva epizoda emisije "Kocka, kocka, kockica" |url=https://www.portalanalitika.me/clanak/352338--prije-45-godina-emitovana-prva-epizoda-emisije-kocka-kocka-kockica-pogledajte-je |website=portalanalitika.me |publisher=espreso.rs |date=27 November 2019}} In 2003, several new episodes were released in order to try to revive the show, but it never reached the popularity of the original series.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In 1979, the series won a reward on the 12th International Educational Program in Japan for its episode "Run, Run, Little Drops".{{cite report |title= THE REPORT OF THE 12TH JAPAN PRIZE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CONTEST |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/jp-prize/more/pdf/japanprize1979en.pdf |publisher=NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation |date=26 October – 6 November 1979 |page=5}} The episode first aired on April 26, 1978, and was co-written by Ibrahim Hadžić, Branko Miličević and Biserka Pejović.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8770564/ |title=Teku, teku kapi tecne |website=IMDB |publisher=IMDB|access-date=2 July 2024}}
"The Snail" theatre
"The Snail" theatre was established in 1977 by Milićević and his wife Slobodanka (Caca) Aleksić.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0587427}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090905084200/http://www.pozoristancepuz.com/english.html The Snail theatre]
- [http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Beograd/184676/Uz-malisane-33-godine www.blic.rs Uz malisane 33 godine]
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Category:Male actors from Belgrade
Category:University of Belgrade alumni
Category:Serbian children's writers
Category:Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Category:Television show creators
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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