again uniting his talents with those of dušan kovačević, stojković delivered his ultimate film performance – that of the staunch stalinist and a full-time paranoid in "balkanski špijun" ("balkan spy", 1984), which was jointly directed by božidar nikolić and kovačević himself. with kovačević at his sharpest, stojković made the role of ex-political prisoner ilija čvorović completely his own.