Iván Petrovich (Serbian: Иван Петровић/Ivan Petrović; 1
January 1894 â€" 18 October 1962) was a Serbian film actor and
singer.He was the first actor from Yugoslavia to have a successful
international movie career. Petrovich mainly worked in German cinema,
but also collaborated with established directors in some 100
Hungarian, French, Spanish, Czechoslovakian and Hollywood movies.He
was born Svetislav Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð¡Ð²ÐµÑ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Петровић) on 1 January 1894 in Újvidék, Austria-Hungary,
today Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. His father Mladen
was a tailor who made uniforms for the Serbian army. After finishing
the primary education in his hometown, he moved to Budapest, where he
graduated from the Polytechnic academy.He was a talented singer and
violinist and was an accomplished athlete, who participated as a
swimmer at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
January 1894 â€" 18 October 1962) was a Serbian film actor and
singer.He was the first actor from Yugoslavia to have a successful
international movie career. Petrovich mainly worked in German cinema,
but also collaborated with established directors in some 100
Hungarian, French, Spanish, Czechoslovakian and Hollywood movies.He
was born Svetislav Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð¡Ð²ÐµÑ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Петровић) on 1 January 1894 in Újvidék, Austria-Hungary,
today Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. His father Mladen
was a tailor who made uniforms for the Serbian army. After finishing
the primary education in his hometown, he moved to Budapest, where he
graduated from the Polytechnic academy.He was a talented singer and
violinist and was an accomplished athlete, who participated as a
swimmer at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
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