Gojko Mitić (was born June 13, 1940, in Strojkovce near Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin. He is known for a numerous series of Red Westerns from the GDR DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes, rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns. Beginning with The Sons of Great Bear (1966), Mitić starred in 12 films of this type between 1966 and 1984. He contributed to the popular image of Native Americans in German-speaking countries. In an attempt to move away from his fame based on these Westerns, Mitić in his later career increasingly sought to appear in other genres, on film, on television, and on stage. Among other roles, he played Spartacus on stage and presented several TV shows. He also played Karl May's Winnetou in seasons at the "Karl-May-Festspiele" until 2006 in Bad Segeberg near Hamburg, Germany. In one episode he played a role at the German television program, ...
Frontier Hellcat
1964
Radiokiller
1980
Osceola
1971
Außenseiter
1985
Weihnachtsgeschichten
1986
I Want to See You
1978
Esperanza
2008
Herberge für einen Frühling
1995
Ulzana
1974
Visa für Ocantros
1974
Second Love - Volunteer
1977
A Long Way to School
1982
Old Shatterhand
1964
Zirri, das Wolkenschaf
1993
Trail of the Falcon
1968
Chingachgook: The Great Snake
1967
Balkan Line
2019
Apache
1973
Apache Gold
1963
The Desperado Trail
1965
Last of the Renegades
1964
Fatal Error
1970
Blood Brothers
1975
Signals: A Space Adventure
1970
The Antman
2003
Winnetou - A New World
2016
The Sons of Great Bear
1966
Der Aufstand
2003
Severino
1978
Heroes Like Us
1999
Tecumseh
1972
Burning Life
1994
White Wolves
1969
The Scout
1983
The Film Narrator
1993
Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam
1972
Alma schafft alle
1980
Begegnung mit Gojko
1973