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Interview Gojko Mitic
Do you know who Gojko Mitic is?
If you would ask the same question people in East Germany they would instantly know because for them Mitic is a Super Movie Star. He is best known for a series of successful Red Westerns from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans. Beginning with The Sons of the Great Mother Bear (1966), Mitić starred in 12 films of this type between 1966 and 1984. His film Chingachgook: The Great Snake will be presented to the public in Melbourne as a part of East German Film Festival (Thursday 22 October - Tuesday 3 November 2009). Production Biljana Ristic Photo www.acmi.net.au
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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Australian Centre of the Moving Image (ACMI) takes a look back at 45 years of East German cinema, at what was being made behind the iron curtain, screening films that were considered acceptable by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and those that weren’t.
James Nolen is a Film Programmer at ACMI. He tells us more about the festival and Serbian Super Star Gojko Mitic in the movie Chingachgook: The Great Snake.
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