Žarko Laušević

Žarko Laušević (63)

1960-01-09 - 2023-11-15 | Cetinje, Montenegro

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Žarko Lauševic was a Serbian actor. Considered to be one of the most talented actors of his generation, Zarko Lausevic became a leading actor early in his career. By the age of 33, he was a major star across the former Yugoslavia on both stage and screen, displaying a wide range of dramatic skills. In July 1993, Lausevic's entered into a quarrel with a group of local youths, together with his brother. This escalated into a fist fight, culminating in Lausevic firing multiple rounds from his handgun, killing two of the youths and seriously wounding one. Sentenced by a Montenegrin (republic) court to prison initially, his conviction was overturned by the Yugoslav (appellate) court on the grounds that the first-instance court had improperly dismissed Lausevic's self-defense argument, and the punishment was drastically reduced. Lausevic served 4 years and 7 months in prison before his release. But Lausevic faced further legal battles. There were appeals by the Montenegrin prosecution, numerous retrials and inconsistent, ad hoc rulings by the Montenegrin court system. In 2001, the prison sentence was reinstated to 13 years by the Montenegrin courts. In the late 1990s, Lausevic left Yugoslavia for the United States. It is speculated that the move was made due to possible revenge by families of the deceased. Zarko Lausevic has been living in the United States since and is currently fighting deportation proceedings. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Žarko Lauševic , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On Movies

  • Son's Will
  • Pigeon Food
  • Russian Consul
  • The Heroes of Halyard
  • The Heroes
  • How I Learned to Fly
  • The Name of the People
  • A Stinking Fairytale
  • The Knife
  • Wounded Country
  • Born to Be a Warrior
  • Better Than Escape
  • Say Why Have You Left Me?
  • The Black Bomber
  • Tito and Me
  • The Original of the Forgery
  • Stela
  • Battle of Kosovo
  • Gardens of Athos - Transfiguration
  • Maternal Half-Brothers
  • The Way South
  • Oktoberfest
  • It Happened on This Very Day
  • Officer with a Rose
  • Hotshot
  • Volunteers
  • The Beauty of Vice
  • The Honorary Duty
  • Strawberries in the Throat
  • Lazar
  • The Igman March
  • Live Broadcast
  • Persecution
  • Savamala
  • Russian Art Experiment
  • M.V.

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