He had a love affair with the popular German actress Renate Blume but they split up. The muscled Mitic was an idol in the communist countries and many women were attracted to the glamorous star. These films showed the life of the Indians, their suffering and adventures, and became popular even in the USA, writes V. They all achieved success, but Mitic was always dubbed because of his accent. Wallroth) with the American communist film star Dean Reed, and Severino (1978, Claus Dobberke).

It was followed by a long row of Westerns including Spur des Falken/Trail of the Falcon (1968, Gottfried Kolditz) with Rolf Hoppe, Weisse Wolfe/White Wolves (1969, Konrad Petzold, Bosko Boskovic) with Barbara Brylska, Osceola (1971, Konrad Petzold) with Iurie Darie, Ulzana (1974, Gottfried Kolditz) opposite Renate Blume, Blutsbruder/Blood Brothers (1975, Werner W.

It was an adaptation of a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, and another great success. His second DEFA film was Chingachgook, die Grosse Schlange/Chingachgook: The Great Snake (1966, Richard Groschopp) with Rolf Romer. The film was huge success and this was the start of a great career in East Germany.īetween 19, Gojko Mitic starred in 12 DEFA Westerns in which he always played the leading role of an Indian. The hero was – like Winnetou - a native American, rather than a white settler as in John Ford's Hollywood Westerns.

Then he was offered the lead role as Tokei-Into in the western Die Sohne der gro?en Barin/The Sons of Great Bear (1966, Josef Mach), produced by the East-German DEFA studios in Babelsberg. He had a bigger part in the Western Unter Geiern/ Among Vultures (1964, Alfred Vohrer) starring Stewart Granger. Teil/The Last of the Renegades (1964, Harald Reinl), all starring Lex Barker and Pierre Brice. Teil/Apache Gold (1963, Harald Reinl), Old Shatterhand/Apaches Last Battle (1964, Hugo Fregonese) and Winnetou - 2. Examples are the Karl May adaptations Winnetou - 1. Mitic also started to play small parts in these Euro-westerns. Mitic was cast as a stuntman for some of these films, often German-French-Yugoslavian coproductions. In the early 1960’s, a lot of foreign productions were shot in Belgrad. He spent his childhood there but when he grew up, he went to Belgrad where he studied in the Sports School. Gojko Mitic (Гojкo Митић) was born in the little village of Leskovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia) in 1940. He also worked as a director, stuntman, and author. The handsome star played in numerous Westerns from East-Germany between 19. Serbian actor Gojko Mitic (1940) was the most famous Indian in Eastern Europe. Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no.

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