Zijah Sokolović
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zijah Sokolović (born 1950, Sarajevo) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director who lives, acts and directs in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. Currently, he is a director of Theaterland in Salzburg, professor in Bruckner Konservatorium in Linz, artistic director of theater festival Dežela gledališča in Ljubljana and artistic project leader for Dramatic society, Dramatično društvo, but also directs plays in Zagreb. His famous monodrama “Glumac je... glumac... je glumac” has been played in twenty different countries around the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zijah Sokolović, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 22, 1950
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Obituary for Escobar
2008-03-13
Obituary for Escobar
Overview: Serbian crime drama focusing on Belgrade's violent criminal underworld. Obituary For Escobar distinguishes itself from other recent crime dramas with its strong visual style and energetic approach. Borko was a young effeminate boy bullied at school by the self-styled 'Ghandi'. Years on, Ghandi is now a warlord, wrecking mayhem in pursuit of his ambition to become the leading drug lord in the Balkans. His execution of the rival 'Serbian Escobar' coincides with the mysterious placement of an obituary for the real Escobar by two stoners. In Ghandi's pursuit of the assailants he meets Lela, a stunning mystery woman who leads Ghandi to reconsider both "Borko" and his life in crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2008-03-13
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Buffet Titanic
1979-01-01
Buffet Titanic
Overview: Based on a short story of Ivo Andrić, famous Yugoslav Nobel Prize winner, this film is set in Sarajevo during WW2. Mento is a humble, poor Jew who runs a caffe. Stjepan is a man of unknown background, with no social or psychological dimension, who joined Nazis to leave any sort of trace behind himself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Silent Gunpowder
1990-03-15
Silent Gunpowder
Overview: Silent Gunpowder (Serbo-Croatian: Gluvi barut) is a Yugoslavian war film Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander Španac and a former Royal Army officer Radekić. Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new, Communist, ideology and so the main plot axis is the conflict between them. At the 1990 Pula Film Festival, the film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, as well as the awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Branislav Lečić), Best Film Score (Goran Bregović). The film was also shown at the 1991 Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1990-03-15
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Motel Nana
2011-02-03
Motel Nana
Overview: Ivan teaches history in a Belgrade high school. In his class, Ivan is provoked by a student and ends up slapping him on the face. In Serbia, in the heat of transitional changes, Ivan’s presence in school is no longer welcomed. He finds a temporary job opportunity in a war-scarred mountain village in Bosnia. On his way there, he meets Yasmina, a young Muslim woman, back from Germany to her homeland after the war and after being invited by an old friend – Hazim - who now runs a motel. A lone kiss in a stormy night, in a village still lying in ruins, will bring Yasmina and Ivan closer together in a joint escape from reality and to a ride on a dusty bus, where neither one of them wants to sit next to the window.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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An Early Frost
2010-04-20
An Early Frost
Overview: An Early Frost (Serbian: Kao Rani Mraz) is a Serbian movie. Movie is dramatization of a story of Vasa Ladački, inspired by the famous Balašević song.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance History
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2010-04-20
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Outsider
1997-02-13
Outsider
Overview: A teenager, son of an army officer moves with his family to Ljubljana in the fall of 1979. In the new surroundings, he'll fall in love, make friends and discover the world of punk rock. The latter will put him into the troubles with his strict father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sl
Release Date: 1997-02-13
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A Day, Days... of Nedzad K.
1982-01-11
A Day, Days... of Nedzad K.
Overview: It depicts a night out of a young man from Sarajevo.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1982-01-11
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Two Halves of a Heart
1982-03-17
Two Halves of a Heart
Overview: A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1982-03-17
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The Damned Yard
1984-12-17
The Damned Yard
Overview: Bosnian Franciscan monk is put into an infamous prison in Istanbul. There he witnesses the sad destiny of a young Ottoman scholar.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1984-12-17
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Scent of Quinces
1982-01-01
Scent of Quinces
Overview: Thanks to his friendliness towards Nazis, Sarajevo businessman gets more and more rich during WW2. However, his infatuation towards the Jewish girl causes his downfall.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Heads or Tails
1983-07-08
Heads or Tails
Overview: A village fella tries to make it big in the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-07-08
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The Last Switchman of the Narrow Gauge Railway
1986-06-30
The Last Switchman of the Narrow Gauge Railway
Overview: The abolishment of a railway station in a remote Bosnian village affects the lives of the local railwaymen.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1986-06-30
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The Abandoned
2010-07-19
The Abandoned
Overview: The story of a boy from the orphanage for abandoned children who tried to find out the truth about his origins. Through the story of a boy Alen, it describes the consequences of war casualties and immense injustice that war brought most helpless, the children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bs
Release Date: 2010-07-19
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Remake
2003-01-01
Remake
Overview: This film follows father Ahmed and son Tarik Karaga during WWII and the Siege of Sarajevo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bs
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Father
2005-10-18
The Father
Overview: TV drama.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: hr
Release Date: 2005-10-18
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You Love Only Once
1981-02-14
You Love Only Once
Overview: Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family. His love affair with the class enemy and his slow adaptation to the post-war realities could seal his doom.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1981-02-14
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The Melon Route
2006-07-18
The Melon Route
Overview: The journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hr
Release Date: 2006-07-18
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Jasmina
2010-07-23
Jasmina
Overview: Asthmatic grandmother named Safa and her six-month baby granddaughter Jasmina, are transferred in a humanitarian convoy from the besieged Sarajevo to a peaceful small city at the Adriatic coast. By a combination of circumstances, their first neighbour is an alcoholic named Stipe. He is constantly causing troubles and making their lives complicated. During one of her asthma attacks, having no other choices, Safa rings Stipe's bell and hands him the baby. Stipe starts to temporarily take care about baby Jasmina. Safa dies at the hospital and now Stipe is left alone with the baby. He's clumsy, even funny. She becomes his only mission in life. He is not ready to give Jasmina away to anyone. He loved her as if his own granddaughter even daughter. Suddenly someone is at the door. Stipe recognises Jasmina's mother. In spite of all his internal struggles, he returns Jasmina to her mother. Stipe stays alone, again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bs
Release Date: 2010-07-23
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The Forgotten
1988-05-16
The Forgotten
Overview: The story about two boys and a girl escape from a home for abandoned children for a wild weekend. TV series (11 episodes) with the same name and same story was released 1988.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1988-05-16
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Body Scent
1983-01-01
Body Scent
Overview: Due to misunderstanding and hard life, a man divorces his wife and leaves the city. He comes to a new environment, meeting new people and new wife. Crucified between two worlds, he does everything to bring her two sons on the right track, and getting on with his own life. Lost in that space, powerless to change things significantly, he commits murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Bare Ground
2003-03-09
Bare Ground
Overview: The story takes place in a dilapidated building in the blocks of New Belgrade, whose tenants constantly fight and do bad things to one another. In the same building lives a quiet and young married couple, who are completely different from their environment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2003-03-09
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Carnival, Angel and Dust
1990-01-01
Carnival, Angel and Dust
Overview: Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Generation of 71
2011-09-28
Generation of 71
Overview: In the start of the breakup of Yugoslavia, in spring 1991, there is a group of young conscripted soldiers in a remote military outpost. Their army and country are falling apart and the war is starting nearby. Friends are facing a decision of their lives: should they stay or run?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 2011-09-28
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Endeavor
1982-06-30
Endeavor
Overview: A story about a painter, an unconventional university professor, who has to deal with being haunted by his trouble past during the 2nd World War, while at the same time trying to cope with his university colleagues plotting against him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1982-06-30
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The Horseman
2003-01-01
The Horseman
Overview: The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues relating to the region's native Croats as they struggle between to live between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: hr
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Igman March
1983-06-26
The Igman March
Overview: The story of a forced march of the first proletarian shock brigade during World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-06-26
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Forces in the Air
1989-01-01
Forces in the Air
Overview: Mile is a cab driver who lives a life for which he himself sometimes does not know where he is headed. On one hand, he has a ten year old relationship with a woman he fools into marrying her, and on the other he has a wife and an adult son with whom he constantly comes into conflict. When Mile's wife realizes what life is like, things take another direction.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Man Who Could Tell North from the South
1989-01-01
The Man Who Could Tell North from the South
Overview: The plot takes place in pre-war Yugoslavia, and the protagonist, interpreted by Zvonko Lepetic, is Jefto, a prison guard who lives with his family as a tenant in a basement. The plot shows how, convinced that he is destined for great things, he betrays his family, a friend and subordinates everything to his vanity.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Spite
1988-11-07
Spite
Overview: Jozo and Mujo are mobilized in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Reluctantly drawn into the war they make a bond of unbreakable friendship. To realize the plan to leave hated Army, Jozo are pretending to be deaf and dumb. But his firm determination comes into question when his friend's life comes into mortal peril.
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1988-11-07
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