Vlasta Velisavljević, glumac Vlasta Velisavljević, actor
I preserve almost an entire century in my scrapbook A cool guy, Dorćol native, bohemian and one of the most timeless active European actors, Vlasta Velisavljević was born in Belgrade 94 years ago. He recalls people and events that are inscribed in the biography of the capital, and here is just a small excerpt of his precious memories… The year Nušić departed At the beginning of 1938 I was preparing a role for “A Trip Around the World”, in a play adapted for the Ro- da Children’s eatre, which was founded by Gita Predić, the daughter of Branislav Nušić. Roda formed the founda- tions of today’s Boško Buha eatre. On the day when our Belgrade premiere was scheduled, 19 th January, Branislav Nušić passed away, and the premiere performance was postponed. e National eatre hung a black banner on the building as a sign of mourning for the great writer. e text of our play was adapted for child audiences, because Nušić – as the author of the original play of the same name for adults – had allowed his daughter to do so. I saw Nušić for the first and last time in a hospital bed in his house, just before he departed. Liberation in Voždovac I awaited the liberation of Belgrade at the end of World War II in Voždovac. at part of the city was liberated first. A rural population lived in Voždovac at that time, and the boys were fierce, so I never got into conflicts with them as a native of Dorćol. Classmates in A Better Life I was in my student class with Olivera Marković and Pepi Laković. When we were divided into classes as stu- dents we became plotters, but we lived like one for all. is picture is a still from the shooting of the TV series A Bet- ter Life. It is one of our rare joint pictures where we found ourselves in the same frame and on the same project for the first time after many years.
U spomenaru čuvam skoro ceo vek Šmeker, Dorćolac, boem i jedan od najvremešnijih aktivnih evropskih glumaca, Vlasta Velisavljević je pre 94 godine rođen u Beogradu. Pamti ljude i događaje koji su upisani u biogra ju prestonice, a ovo je samo mali komad njegovih dragocenih sećanja… Godina kada je otišao Nušić Početkom 1938. spremao sam ulogu za Put oko sve- ta u predstavi adaptiranoj za dečje pozorište Roda , ko- je je osnovala Gita Predić, ćerka Branislava Nušića. Ro- da je temelj današnjeg Pozorišta Boško Buha. Na dan kad je zakazana naša beogradska premijera, 19. janua- ra, preminuo je Branislav Nušić, a premijera je odlože- na. Narodno pozorište okačilo je crni or na zgradu u znak žalosti za velikim piscem. Tekst naše predstave bio je adaptiran za dečju publiku jer je Nušić ćerki to dozvo- lio kao autor istoimenog originalnog komada za odra- sle. Nušića sam prvi i poslednji put video u bolničkoj po- stelji u njegovoj kući neposredno pre nego što je otišao. Oslobođenje na Voždovcu Na Voždovcu sam dočekao oslobođenje Beograda u Drugom svetskom ratu. Taj deo grada je prvi oslobo- đen. U to vreme na Voždovcu je živelo seosko stanov- ništvo, a momci su bili žestoki, pa se kao rođeni Dorćo- lac nikad nisam kačio s njima. Klasići u Boljem životu S Oliverom Marković i Pepijem Lakovićem bio sam na klasi. Kad smo se kao studenti podelili, postali smo kao zaverenici, ali smo živeli kao jedan. Na ovoj slici je kadar sa snimanja TV serije Bolji život . To je jedna od naših retkih zajedničkih slika, tada smo se prvi put posle mnogo godina našli u istom kadru i na istom projektu. Letovanja sa Đuzom Đuza i ja smo bili prijatelji od dana kad smo se upo- znali na studijama glume do njegovog odlaska. Igrali smo često zajedno u BDP-u. Moj život bez njega nije isti. Mno- go smo se voleli. Porodično smo letovali zajedno. Kad ne- kome pokloniš svoj letnji odmor, zauvek si blisko vezan. Sa Zoranom u kafani Sa Zoranom Radmilovićem sam često išao u kafanu. Nije se libio da dobacuje za stolom kad ukadrira nekog
Tekst/Words: Ana Vodinelić Fotografije/Photography: Vladimir Živojinović, Privatna arhiva
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