Ljubiša Jovanović
Also Known As: Љубиша Јовановић, Любиша Йованович
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Šabac, Kingdom of Serbia [now Republic of Serbia]
Birthday: October 01, 1908
Deathday: July 15, 1971
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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March on the River Drina
Overview: A Serbian artillery battery of the Combined Division makes a forced march to the Cer Mountain in western Serbia to meet Austro-Hungarian troops, who have invaded the country by crossing over the Drina River. A chronicle of the Battle of Cer; a landmark battle of World War I and the first Allied victory over the Central Powers.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1964-07-17
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The Pursuit
Overview: Jelena and dr Mirkovic realize that their relationship is not just fulfilling the party's task of better maintenance of the illegal press. When Mirkovic joined partisans, one of the illegal fighters didn't endure interrogation of the police and reveals the pressroom's location. Jelena manages to save herself and the press continues its work.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1956-03-26
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The Magic Sword
Overview: Evil Bash-Chelik is terrorizing people, but only the magic sword can harm him. A young hero goes on the dangerous quest to find that sword.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1950-08-07
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Slavica
Overview: Slavica, Marin and a group of operants hide the newly built ship from the Italian occupation forces. They end up arrested, but the partisans rescue them and they take part in the string of actions.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1947-04-29
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The Cabinet Minister's Wife
Overview: After becoming a minister's wife, Živka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her fashionable way of life is of short duration, since her husband is forced to resign after being involved in a scandal. Based on highly popular Serbian comedy novel by Branislav Nušić.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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A Bloody Tale
Overview: Memory of the victims of the Kragujevac massacre is described through the events that are related to a group of boys, shoe shiners. At that time, thousands of workers refused to work for the invaders, and the whole city was exposed to harsh repression and persecution of innocent citizens and the abolition of the regular rations of food.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Comrade President Center-Forward
Overview: Through several entangled stories, province atmosphere is shown, in which new ideas are hard to penetrate. Parallel with the seventh anniversary of peasant's cooperative farm, activity of a priest, who wants to restore the iconostasis, is followed. Local photographer intrigues - in small town in which the villagers want to become football champions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Factory B
Overview: A group of oil drillers of the Factory B, focused on success rather than praise, strive to find the oil despite the decision on the suspension of the drilling works.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1958-12-28
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Uncle Vanya
Overview: A retired professor returns to his estate with his beautiful young wife Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his now-deceased first wife; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm. For many years the brother (Uncle Vanya) has sent the farm's proceeds to the professor, while receiving only a small salary himself. The professor's daughter Sonya, who is about the same age as his new wife, also lives on the estate. The professor is pompous, vain, and irritable, and calls Dr. Astrov to treat his gout, then sends him away without seeing him. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. Yelena's presence introduces a bit of sexual tension into the household: Astrov and Uncle Vanya fall in love with her and she spurns them both.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1970-06-10
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The Boy Mita
Overview: Instead of going to Belgrade, a boy called Mita joins illegal movement. Germans, who occupied Belgrade in the meantime, start to hunt down communists. Many of them are killed, but Mita succeeds to get to the freed land together with a girl who was going to Belgrade with him.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1951-01-12
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Atomic War Bride
Overview: At a church in the country, eternally optimistic John marries Maria, his Atomic War Bride, as a war starts, planes buzz overhead and bombs start dropping. Though John is "mobilized" by the military seconds after the ceremony, he and Maria seek to be reunited.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1960-07-23
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Priest Cira and Priest Spira
Overview: Life of the village elite, the two priest families, goes quietly in mutual understanding and friendship. The discord is inserted when a young teacher is able to marry the daughter of only one of the priests. Based on a popular novel by Stevan Sremac.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1957-04-22
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The Great Tour
Overview: Musical comedy set in show-biz milieu.
Genres: Music
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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In the Mountains of Yugoslavia
Overview: Yugoslav farmer-turned-partisan Slavko Babić starts an uprising against the fascist Germans and their allies.
Genres: War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1946-10-31
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The Last Day
Overview: A group of former members of the Gestapo participates in espionage activities, helped by a group of locals, dissatisfied with the new authorities. However, members of the Yugoslav secret police, the infamous UDBA, are on their track. This is the first Yugoslavian spy film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1951-09-04
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Cat Under a Helmet
Overview: A tragicomic tale of lumberjack who joined the partisans during WW2. As a corporal, he successfully and courageously fulfilled the combat tasks with his partisan battalion. The commander sends him on a special assignment.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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The False Tsar
Overview: A historical film based on the struggle of the Montenegrins for their independence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Don't Meddle Into Fortune
Overview: Farcical comedy about an apartment which is shared by a couple of families plus their relations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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I Was Stronger
Overview: Instead of running away from enemy raid, a female partisan-doctor decides to stay and help one of their wounded children.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1953-06-17
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The Wind Dropped Before Dawn
Overview: Members of Jasna's group are suspicious because of her firing from occupation Special police squad and they start avoiding her. She finds out the members of the group have been betrayed but they become even more suspicious. At the moment when they were ready to liquidate her the true traitor is revealed. Thanks to Jasna's courage an action becomes success and she regains their trust.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1959-07-24
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Mother Katina
Overview: The plot takes place during the Civil War in Greece, and it shows the fight of communist partisans, against the pro-Western, monarchist government. During the shooting, there was a discord between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union because of the famous IB resolution, which caused Yugoslav authorities to stop supporting Stalinists. Tito's government acknowledged Greek monarchists as a legitimate government, and not wanting to remind the public of their ideological discrepancy, bunkered "Majka Katina" for a few decades.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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Before the War
Overview: Engineer Maric finds out about an affair between his wife Rina and his best friend, a lawyer Novakovic. Maric leaves the house with suicidal intentions. At the big funeral, Novakovic consoles unfortunate Rina, while in the funeral procession a whole bunch of suspicious people try to claim close relations with the deceased one in order to get hold of a piece of his inheritance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1966-06-15
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Story of a Factory
Overview: Shortly after country's liberation, one of few factories tries to enhance its production. A group of reactionary individuals fails to stop its work and building of new production units.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1949-12-03
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