- Faruk Begolli
Faruk Begolli ( _sh. Faruk Begoli) (February 14, 1944 in
Peć (Peja),Yugoslavia – August 23, 2007 inPriština ) was the most famous Kosovo Albanian actor and director of theformer Yugoslavia (along withBekim Fehmiu ).He attended high school in
Priština and completed the academy of film inBelgrade (1966). Begolli played in more than 60 films, starting withVeljko Bulajić 's "Pogled u zenicu Sunca" (1966). He cooperated with directorPuriša Đorđević in his films "Podne" (Noon), "Jutro" (The Morning), and "San" (The Dream), and his notable roles include "Bitka na Neretvi", "Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu" and "Derviš i Smrt" (Death and the Dervish ).In the late 1980s, Begolli returned from Belgrade to
Kosovo , where he worked at theUniversity of Pristina as a professor at the Faculty of Drama. His last lead role was inEkrem Kryeziu 's "Dashuria e Bjeshkëve të Nemuna" (Love in the Damned Mountain), and his last piece was "Etjet e Kosovës" (Kosova: Desperate Search), where he was also a co-scenarist. He died in 2007, after a long battle with cancer.Trivia: His brother was Adil Begolli, a well-known Kosovo producer.
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* [http://www.dnevnik.co.yu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27964 Preminuo Faruk Begoli] Obituary,Dnevnik sr icon
* [http://www.birn.eu.com/en/100/15/3928/ Kosovo Actor Faruk Begolli Dies] , Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
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