Gojko Mitić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð"ојко Митић; born June 13,
1940 in Strojkovce near Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of
Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He
lives in Berlin.Mitić is known for a numerous series of Red Westerns
from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes,
rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns. Beginning with
The Sons of Great Bear (1966), he starred in 12 films of this type
between 1966 and 1984. He contributed to the popular image of Native
Americans in German-speaking countries.In an attempt to move away from
his fame based on these Westerns, Mitić, in his later career, did
increasingly seek to appear in other genres, on film, on television
and on stage. Among other roles, he played Spartacus on stage and
presented several TV-shows.He also played Karl May's Winnetou in
seasons at the "Karl-May-Festspiele" until 2006 in Bad Segeberg near
Hamburg, Germany. In one episode, he played a role at the German
television program Schloss Einstein.
1940 in Strojkovce near Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of
Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He
lives in Berlin.Mitić is known for a numerous series of Red Westerns
from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes,
rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns. Beginning with
The Sons of Great Bear (1966), he starred in 12 films of this type
between 1966 and 1984. He contributed to the popular image of Native
Americans in German-speaking countries.In an attempt to move away from
his fame based on these Westerns, Mitić, in his later career, did
increasingly seek to appear in other genres, on film, on television
and on stage. Among other roles, he played Spartacus on stage and
presented several TV-shows.He also played Karl May's Winnetou in
seasons at the "Karl-May-Festspiele" until 2006 in Bad Segeberg near
Hamburg, Germany. In one episode, he played a role at the German
television program Schloss Einstein.
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