Vanja Drach

Vanja Drach was a Croatian theatre and film actor.
His film and television credits include H-8, Lud, zbunjen, normalan, Gospa, Charuga, Kapelski kresovi, Nikola [Tesla (1977 film)|Nikola Tesla], Svjedoci.
Between 1957 up to his retirement in 1998, he acted in the Croatian [National Theatre in Zagreb], apart from the period 1975–81 when he was member of the troupe Teatar u gostima. In 2005 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in theatre.
In 2005, Vanja Drach was operated for a tumor on his vocal cords, but eventually the cancer spread to his lungs. He died in the Clinical Hospital "Jordanovac", a respiratory disease clinic.