Radko Polič
{{Short description|Slovenian actor (1942–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| birth_place = Črnomelj, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|09|15|1942|08|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Slovenia
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1961–2022
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Radko Polič (18 August 1942 – 15 September 2022) was a Slovenian theatre, television and film actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/oder/umrl-je-velikan-slovenskega-igralstva-radko-polic/640543 |title=Umrl je velikan slovenskega igralstva Radko Polič |language=sl |trans-title=The giant of Slovene acting Radko Polič has died |date=15 September 2022 |publisher=Radiotelevizija Slovenija |accessdate=15 September 2022}}
Biography
Born in Črnomelj, Polič's family moved to Belgrade in 1945 and then to West Berlin in 1949 before returning to Slovenia and settling in Ljubljana in 1954.{{cite web|url=http://www.sng-mb.si/igralski-ansambel/radko-polic-rac/|title=Radko Polič – Rac|publisher=Slovene National Theatre|language=sl|access-date=4 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021081634/http://www.sng-mb.si/igralski-ansambel/radko-polic-rac/|archive-date=21 October 2010}} He started acting in the early 1960s and during his career spanning over four decades, he played in over 150 theatre and film productions. He starred in stage productions all around Slovenia and appeared in a number of Yugoslav feature films.
Polič won numerous awards for his work, including the Golden Arena for Best Actor at the 1976 Pula Film Festival and the Best Actor award at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Igor Pretnar's film Idealist,{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1977 |title=10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977) |access-date=12 January 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194935/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1977 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.pulafilmfestival.hr/hr/index.php?p=detail&article=1096|title=Festival igranog filma u Puli|publisher=Pula Film Festival|language=hr|access-date=4 November 2010}} and the Prešeren Award for Life Achievement in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/Presernove_nagrade_47_09.pdf|title=Prešernove nagrade|publisher=Slovenian Ministry of Culture|language=sl|access-date=4 November 2010}}
Polič was a descendant of Serbs of White Carniola.{{cite news|last=Dmitrović|first=Ratko|url=http://www.pecat.co.rs/2011/01/ruzna-proslost-lepog-kraja-zvanog-zumberak/|title=Ružna prošlost lepog kraja zvanog Žumberak|date=28 January 2011|publisher=Pečat|language=sr}} He died on 15 September 2022, at the age of 80.{{cite web
| url =https://ljubljanafestival.si/en/legendary-actor-radko-polic-rac-has-died/
| title =Legendary actor Radko Polič – Rac has died
| date =2022-09-16
| publisher =Lubljana Festival
| access-date =2023-09-05}}
The last movie he played in, Good Times, Bad Times by Nevio Marasović, was released in 2023.{{cite web
| url =https://pulafilmfestival.hr/hrvatski-film/pamtim-samo-sretne-dane/?lang=en
| title =GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES
| publisher =Pula Film Festival
| access-date =2023-09-05}}{{cite web
| url =https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/446806/
| title =Review: Good Times, Bad Times
| last =Stojiljković
| first =Marko
| date =2023-07-27
| publisher =Cineuropa
| access-date =2023-09-05}}
Selected filmography
- Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi, 1969)
- The Widowhood of Karolina Zasler (Vdovstvo Karoline Žašler, 1976)
- Idealist (1976)
- Real Pests (To so gadi, 1977)
- Moment (1978)
- Balkan Express (Balkan Ekspres, 1983)
- In the Jaws of Life (U raljama života, 1984)
- The End of the War (Kraj rata, 1984)
- Taiwan Canasta (Tajvanska kanasta, 1985)
- My Uncle's Legacy (Život sa stricem, 1988)
- Silent Gunpowder (Gluvi barut, 1990)
- Charuga (Čaruga, 1991)
- Mathilde (2004)
- Libertas (2006)
- Night Boats (Noćni brodovi, 2012)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0689091}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101021081634/http://www.sng-mb.si/igralski-ansambel/radko-polic-rac/ Radko Polič profile] at the Slovene National Theatre website {{in lang|sl}}
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Category:Slovenian people of Serbian descent
Category:Slovenian male stage actors
Category:Prešeren Award laureates
Category:Slovenian male television actors
Category:Slovenian male film actors
Category:20th-century Slovenian male actors
Category:21st-century Slovenian male actors
Category:Television people from Ljubljana
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