Object: | Studio portrait of Vitomir A. Bogić in character as 'Hamlet' |
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Description: | Full-length shot of a man in dark clothes and a white shirt with a lace collar underneath, carrying a sword. He has been photographed reading a book while sitting on a chair, which is standing on a pedestal, behind which a dark drape and a window are visible. |
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Comment: | Vitomir A. - Cile Bogić (1887, Belgrade – 1943) was an actor at, as well as director and manager of, the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad and the Royal Theatre in Cetinje. He also became a famous radio performer and was one of the actors involved in the first Serbian silent film, "Life and Deeds of Immortal Vožd Karađorđe", in 1911. He was active in both resistance movements of 1941–1943 as well as in the Balkan wars and in WWI (1912–1918). He died in captivity in 1943. |
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Date: | Not before 1900, Not after 1902 |
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Location: | Belgrade |
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Country: | Serbia |
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