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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-06-27

Place of Birth

Belgrade, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]

Miroljub Lešo

Biography

Miroljub Lešo was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor known for his prolific career in film and television, appearing in over 90 productions between 1968 and 2018. He was particularly recognized for his roles in iconic Yugoslav projects that depicted historical and wartime events.

Known for

The Written Off

The Written Off

"The Written Off" is a famous Serbian TV miniseries, that was very popular in former Yugoslavia, originally airing in 1974. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series ten times, the last re-run starting in 2012. The series has achieved something of a cult status among its audience and still attracts an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. Idea of series derives from exploits of freedom fighters in Belgrade during World War II, and all the characters and events are fictitious.

The Nemanjić Dynasty: The Birth of the Kingdom

The Nemanjić Dynasty: The Birth of the Kingdom

Story about the most influential Serbian dynasty of the Middle Ages.

Truckers

Truckers

The adventures of Paja and Jare, the two honest and good-natured truck drivers and partners in business. They meet various people while on the road, which mostly turns out bad for them, but at the end it's their friendship that saves the day.

Sons

Sons

After his wife’s death, a widower gathers his family of six sons in their house.

Ancika Dumas

Ancika Dumas

A married woman falls head-over-heels in love with her husband’s friend, and she throws herself instantly into an affair, with plans of eloping. But not everything is as it seems.

Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

The Bonfires of Kapela

The Bonfires of Kapela

Based on an eponymous novel by Veljko Kovačević. the series is focused on historical events and personalities from the uprisings in Gorski Kotar and the Croatian Littoral in the Second World War.

Scent of Quinces

Scent of Quinces

Set in Sarajevo during the 1941 Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, a local businessman rapidly amasses wealth by collaborating and maintaining close friendships with the Nazis. However, his financial success is complicated when he becomes deeply infatuated with a Jewish girl.

Salas u malom ritu

Salas u malom ritu

Adventures of a small boy with a big heart and lots of courage during the Nazi occupation of Vojvodina.

Open Space

Open Space

Summer of 1972, a small group of fanatical Croatian nationalists, trained and equipped by extreme emigrant organizations, infiltrated the territory of former Yugoslavia with intent to organize an uprising against Tito's regime. This series, very loosely based on true events, depicts the manhunt that followed.

The Cry

The Cry

The story follows an encounter of the childhood friends that have not seen each other for more that twenty years. Their reunion, in the cold and windy night, will open a series of moral dilemmas and uncover deep buried traumas of the past.

The Bombers

The Bombers

Two best friends, former Partisans, must face new challenges after the war.

The Last Act

The Last Act

The story of the capture of General Draza Mihailovic and his Chetniks.

Bosko Buha

Bosko Buha

TV mini-series about Bosko Buha and the group of teenagers who joined Yugoslav partisans in WW2.

Basketball Players

Basketball Players

A drama series about a small Belgrade basketball club, the life and times of middle-aged coaches and the teenage players, their athletic and romantic struggles on and off court.