Stevo Žigon
Štefan "Stevo" Žigon (Стево Жигон; 8 December 1926 – 28 December 2005) was a Yugoslav actor, theatre director, and writer.
Stevo Žigon

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- Name
- Stevo Žigon
- Born
- 8 December 1926
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Died
- 28 December 2005
- Place of death
- Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
- Education
- Faculty of Dramatic Arts
- Occupation
- Actor, theatre director, writer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
- Honours
- Statuette of Joakim Vujić, Order For Merit to the People, Order of Labour and Bojan Stupica Award.
- Languages
- Slovene, Croatian and Serbian.
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Štefan "Stevo" Žigon (Стево Жигон; 8 December 1926 – 28 December 2005) was a Yugoslav actor, theatre director, and writer.
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Stevo Žigon (1926–2005) was an actor, film actor and film director, among other activities, a national of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. The actor was born in Ljubljana and died in Belgrade.
Stevo Žigon was educated at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. The actor worked for Narodno Pozoriste Beograd (nationaal Theater Belgrado) and Yugoslav Drama Theatre.
Languages used include Croatian, Serbian and Slovene. Honours include Bojan Stupica Award, Order of Labour and Statuette of Joakim Vujić.
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Biography
Biography
Stevo Žigon studied at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. The recorded working language is Slovene, Croatian and Serbian. Employment is recorded with Yugoslav Drama Theatre and Narodno Pozoriste Beograd (nationaal Theater Belgrado). Distinctions recorded are Statuette of Joakim Vujić, Order "For Merit to the People", Order of Labour and Bojan Stupica Award.
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Key facts
• Name — Stevo Žigon • Native Name — Стево Жигон • Born — 8 December 1926 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes • Died — 28 December 2005 • Place of death — Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro • Education — Faculty of Dramatic Arts • Alma Mater — University of Arts in Belgrade • Occupation — Actor, theatre director, writer
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Grave of Stevo Žigon in Belgrade His origins were primarily Italian. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. His family were Slovene immigrants from the Slovenian Littoral, which was under Italian administration. His father was from the village of Volčji Grad near Komen in the Karst region, while his mother came from the Slovene community in Trieste (now in Italy). The family lived in Trieste until the Fascist takeover in 1922, when they fled to the neighboring Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He studied acting in Ljubljana and Leningrad. He graduated in 1952, from the Academy for Theatre Arts in Belgrade. On faculty for acting in Belgrade he was one of the first assistants. Because of his knowledge of the German language and manners, he often played cynical and cold German officers. He was best known for playing "Krieger", chief of Belgrade Gestapo, in the popular 1970s TV series Otpisani and Povratak otpisanih. During his youth, Žigon was an assiduous reader; he was fascinated by poetry, with his favorite poets being Alojz Gradnik, Igo Gruden, and Oton Župančič. In 1941, aged 15, as a member of Communist Youth League, he participated in many sabotage actions organized by the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. In 1942, Žigon was captured by the Italian Army. As a minor, he was spared from execution and spent a year in an Italian military prison in the Province of Ljubljana. After the Italian armistice in September 1943, he was captured by the Wehrmacht and sent to the Dachau (his prisoner number was 61185), where he learned German. In 1968, at the time of the student demonstrations in Belgrade, Žigon emerged and performed Danton's Death; he played Robespierre for the students. The speech he made while his character was on trial caused the assembled students to explode into enthusiastic applause. He was married to Serbian actress Jelena Jovanović - Žigon. The couple's daughter Ivana is also an actress.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1950 — Čudotvorni mač • 1950 — Crveni cvet • 1957 — Vratiću se — Branko Medan... pukovnik • 1958 — Kala — Filozof • 1959 — Pet minuta raja — Stevan • 1960 — X-25 javlja — Hans Binder • 1961 — L'enclos — Dragulavic • 1964 — Službeni položaj — Urednik novina • 1966 — Amandus — Joannes • 1966 — Rondo — Mladen • 1966 — Tople godine • 1967 — Memento — Vili Miler • 1968 — Opatica i komesar — Doktor Simić • 1968–1969 — Rinaldo Rinaldini (TV series) — Cavalcanti — TV series • 1970 — Oxygen — Marko • 1971 — Putovanje na mjesto nesreće — Nino, muz • 1972 — Devojka sa Kosmaja — Major Beker • 1972 — Walter Defends Sarajevo — Dr. Mišković • 1974 — Otpisani — Kriger • 1974 — Parlog • 1974 — Strah — Blagot Balasica • 1976 — Idealist — Priest from Zapolje • 1976 — Povratak otpisanih — Kriger • 1978 — Ward Six — Komandant grada • 1978 — Occupation in 26 Pictures — Hubička • 1979 — Journalist — Tomac • 1980 — Došlo doba da se ljubav proba — Direktor skole • 1981 — Šesta brzina — Načelnik • 1982 — Nastojanje — Profesor Herak • 1982 — Deseti brat — Mr. Piskav • 1983 — Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota — Stevo Žigon • 1984 — The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud — Professor Eberhardt • 1985 — The Red and the Black — Upravitelj iz Trsta • 1986 — Miss — Jork Morlok • 1987 — The Harms Case — Profesor • 1988 — P.S. - Post Scriptum • 1988 — Haloa - praznik kurvi — Profesor Manfred / Husband • 1991 — Bračna putovanja — Grof Johan • 1993 — Bolje od bekstva — Pozorišni reditelj • 1993 — Kaži zašto me ostavi — Starac
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Stevo Žigon died at Belgrade.
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- 1.[http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200552/clanek/slo-intervju--bernard_nezmah/ "Jaz sem boljševik, toda ne politični. Sem proti kapitalizmu, ker je v nasprotju z umetniško resnico. Zahodno krščanstvo je najhujša ideologija. Vatikan je prvi priznal Hrvaško, Vatikan je prek Slovenije in Janše pošiljal orožje v Bosno." – Stevo Žigon] . Mladina.Si. Retrieved on 2014-07-24.
- 2.YouTube 8LRwYsmIVPY Želimir Žilnik Lipanjska gibanja (documentary)
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