What followed was a career during which Štimac appeared in many popular and important 1970s and 1980s Yugoslav films where he played child and adolescent characters (including the role of young Russian soldier in Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron).
Det som följde var en karriär under vilken Štimac dök upp i många populära och viktiga jugoslaviska filmer från 1970- och 1980-talet (inklusive den roll som ung rysk soldat i Sam Peckinpahs Järnkorset).