Legendary actor Mustafa Nadarević has died at the age of 78. This information was confirmed by Emir Hadžihafizbegović, director of the Chamber Theatre 55.
At the beginning of the year, Nadarević discovered that he was suffering from lung cancer when he joined the “Breathe for Life” campaign, which is implemented by the National Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection Program. For the Media service, he then explained how he deals with this malignant disease.
“When I realized that it is a part of life, that the disease is a part of life, then I accepted it. When you accept something with love, then you can defeat a malignant disease,” he said at the time.
Among the first to say goodbye to Nadarević was his colleague from the famous series “Crazy, Confused and Normal” Moamer Kasumović.
Mustafa Nadarević (Banja Luka, May 2, 1943) is a Bosnian and Croatian theater, film and television actor.
He spent his childhood in Bosanski Novi (today’s Novi Grad). After finishing high school in Rijeka, he graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He began his theatrical career at the Zagreb Youth Theatre, and since 1969 he has been a member of the Drama of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb. He is a guest at the Croatian National Theater “Ivan pl. Zajc” in Rijeka, Croatian National Theater in Split and at the Dubrovnik Summer Games. He performs significant roles in domestic (Bodgan in Hvarkinja, Pomet in Dundu Maroj, Miletić in Ostavca, Leone in Gospo Glembajevi and others) and foreign repertoire (Lorenzacco in Lorenzaccio, Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Figaro in Figaro marries and Figaro breaks up, MP Murphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest).
He played a whole series of roles in TV films and series, and in the film he became especially famous with the role of the uncle in E. Kusturica’s Father on a business trip, and roles in the films Miris dunja by M. Idrizović, Več viđeno G. Marković, Glembejavi by A. Vrdoljak, Praznik u Sarajevo by B. Filipović, Gluvi barut by B. Čengić, The Perfect Circle by A. Kenović, the hit series Crazy, confused and normal…
He has been a member of the Drama of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb since 1969.
He taught at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb for two years, and at the Sarajevo Academy for one semester.
By the decision of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia in 2006, he was declared the national champion.
