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Former Yugoslavia's best known film star has died in Belgrade, two weeks before 83th birthday. Zivojinovic have played the biggest number of film roles in the ex-federation, mostly portraying partisan fighters battling the German Nazi occupation during World War II. His most famous movie, "Walter Defends Sarajevo", 1972 film about partisan resistance, made him a star in China...

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Former Yugoslavia's best known film star has died in Belgrade, two weeks before 83th birthday. Zivojinovic have played the biggest number of film roles in the ex-federation, mostly portraying partisan fighters battling the German Nazi occupation during World War II. His most famous movie, "Walter Defends Sarajevo", 1972 film about partisan resistance, made him a star in China...

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