Rastislav Jović
Also Known As: Растислав Йович
Biography: Rastislav Jovic was born on August 28, 1931 in Surdulica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), Kapelski kresovi (1974) and Valter brani Sarajevo (1974). He died on January 2, 1997 in Belgrade, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Surdulica, Serbia
Adult: No
Birthday: August 28, 1931
Age: 93 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 02, 1997
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Dreams, Life, Death of Filip Filipović
Overview: The life and death of an educated communist activist who brought Bolshevik ideas to his native Serbia upon his arrival from Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Let's Move On
Overview: The film takes us back to a moving, exciting and unforgettable period in time, the time of Liberation and emancipation. A young teacher – Partisan arrives in a small Serbian town. His wartime, partisan “pedagogy” conflicts with the old methods of work in schools. The children, of course, stand by their teacher, their true friend. The film is a child’s memory and remembrance of an evil, cruel period that left deep imprints in the children’s sensitive and delicate soul of entire generations whose childhood was wounded in the war. The story unfolds over a period of several months, between the fall of 1944 and the summer of 1945, when somewhere far away, in Japan, the atomic bomb is fried to announce a new-atomic era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1982-02-16
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Bury the Dead
Overview: An expressionist and anti-war drama by the American playwright Irwin Shaw. It dramatizes the refusal of six dead soldiers during an unspecified war—who represent a cross-section of American society—to be buried. Each rises from a mass nameless grave to express his anguish.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-11-10
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The South Railway Battle
Overview: Autumn, 1941. Tito's partisans are ordered to attack a railway network system used by the Germans, their Bulgarian allies and local collaborators. A bloody battle ensues.
Genres: Romance War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1978-06-30
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Shady Business
Overview: Residents of a shanty town are faced with its destruction. With the help of the local trickster, Paja "the Bighead" moves with his family to an empty flat in New Belgrade blocks. Everything goes fine until the real owner knocks at the door.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Manhunt
Overview: The leftover disbanded partisan battalion draws Chetniks' attention, who push their plans of attacking the partisan headquarters aside and start hunting them instead.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1977-06-28
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Clay Pigeon
Overview: The martyrdom of two workers who fall into the hands of the Gestapo during the occupation of Sarajevo.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1966-07-17
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The Bet
Overview: A young woman leaves her older husband, the owner of a village mill, for a truck driver whom she met while he was in their village by business. While trying to find him, she experiences the life in suburbia, and gets back to her husband disappointed, disgraced and humiliated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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The Feast
Overview: In a Serbian village on Christmas Day in 1943, the Chetniks accept two downed American pilots and give them hospitality. However, finding out that the Germans are looking for the pilots, the Chetniks change their attitude towards them.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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The Gypsy Girl
Overview: Burdened with prejudices, Haji-Toma kills his son who wants to marry a beautiful Gypsy girl Koštana, who is then forced to marry the man she's not in love with.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1953-04-08
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Escape from Sobibor
Overview: The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
Genres: Drama Thriller War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-12
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The Swarm
Overview: During turbulent times of the First Serbian uprising in 1804, on a freshly liberated land, a woman who betrayed her husband to the Turks has been taken to the court. A complicated truth and the real motives of the case get overlooked by the judge, a neutral Turk.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1966-05-16
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Strange Girl
Overview: Minja, a 19-year-old girl leaves her provincial town after her affair with the professor of drawing in order to avoid the scandal. In the big city, she meets Nenad and changes under the influence of love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1962-02-17
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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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The Sun Is Far Away
Overview: Down under the constant attacks of the German and Bulgarian forces, headquarters one of the partisan detachment in the midst of a severe winter and snow and difficult terrain, with many wounded, he decided to leave the mountain Jastrebac. Gvozden, a peasant from that area, brave warrior, opposes such a decision, was gets ready to leave the unit before detachment. In the interests of discipline, however, Gvozden was convicted and executed on the spot, although it regrets the whole squad.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1953-11-18
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This Time Only
Overview: A young prison inmate gets released together with an old gangster. They go to town together in order to visit their families and friends, but nobody knows that the old man is mortally ill.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Theatre Connection
Overview: Partly based on true events, when a group of dangerous international criminals tried to rob the National Theater in Belgrade.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1980-05-03
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More Than a Game
Overview: Popular TV series has been reedited into a theatrical film with additional material that has not been seen on TV before. The film is a homage to the legends of the Yugoslav theater, some of whom are no longer alive. The story takes place in the town for ten years from 1931 to 1941 and shows the conflict of progressive and humane ideas with fascism. A film made from the TV series of the same name (nine episodes) realized in 1976 and shown in 1977.
Genres: War Comedy Adventure
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1976-03-20
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Kapo
Overview: Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-27
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The Song from Kumbara
Overview: Story of the revolt of the people of Serbia against the Turks, who ruled the country for four centuries. The battle and the fall of the fortress of Belgrade in 1806.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1955-11-14
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Downstream from the Sun
Overview: Young teacher first experience in their profession acquired in a remote mountain village, which has no school building. Life of a farmer, a clash between two warring race, then the conflict between the government and farmers for cutting the national forests needed to build new schools and the presence of a young teacher who doubt the search for truth, that will lead to major conflicts and tragedies.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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A Naive Person
Overview: Buzga the shepherd, an object of ridicule among his fellow villagers, discovers his painting talent and becomes famous. Their envy leads them to paint themselves and try to outperform him, but after realizing that only Buzga's paintings are valued, they decide to steal his works.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Enemy
Overview: An ex-soldier named Slobodan Antic, referred to by a friend as one of the last idealists, finds himself losing control over his own life when a man identical to him starts following him around, claiming to be a friend but behaving suspiciously. Before long his dealings with this doppelganger begin to cost him and his professional and romantic life grow more and more confused.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1965-06-11
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Two Nights in a Day
Overview: Commander Pavle receives partisan Jovan to shot him for not executing his orders. While listening to his unfortunate love story from the war, Pavle remembers his own relationship which had an equally bitter epilogue, and decides to set Jovan free.
Genres: Romance War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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A Nun and a Commissar
Overview: After the war, a partisan hospital is set up in a monastery, with the nuns working as nurses. A beautiful young nun, Maria, becomes very fond of the partisan leader, Commissar Nenad.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1968-07-15
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Radio Whirlwind Calls Andjelija
Overview: The phenomenon of tourism arrives to a remote village. A married couple sells their property to open a motel, which would be a starting point for their daughter Andjelija's singing career. The local radio-amateur (and Andjelija's boyfriend) helps them to achieve these goals, but Andjelija is more interested in her love life than her career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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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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The Demolition Squad
Overview: The Germans held the strategically important airport, where planes were taking off to bombard partisans positions. Headquarters of one a partisan unit sent a few commandos to blow up airplanes and airport in the air.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Shepherd
Overview: The tribulations of a hardy shepherd and a young boy fighting local peasants in order to have the right to graze his sheep. The old man is killed by some enraged peasants but the young boy carries on his work and battle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1971-07-14
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A Trap for the General
Overview: Immediately after the war, OZNA insert an outstanding intelligence agent to catch the General Draza Mihajlovic.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1971-11-26
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My Crazy Head
Overview: A Yugoslavian spoof of Dirty Harry and James Bond movies. A young inspector called Crazy Head goes after bandits that do not hesitate to use all kinds of vicious means in their shady ventures.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1971-06-10
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Doctor Mladen
Overview: The story begins in 1941 and shows one of the people who which were actually, very brave and proudly fought against the Ustasha, Germans and other butchers, not related to that ideology was tied. The film is about Dr. Mladen Stojanovic legend of Kozara and Krajina, great man, humanist, friend, and finally the commander one of a the proud partisan detachment, which is that area brought for a moment bring much desired freedom.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Come to Me and Go from Me
Overview: Marija and Boba are moving into an apartment and the financial problems came to a crisis in their marriage. Affected consumer fever make them neglect each other and the child. In addition, Zika and Milan persistently interfere in their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-11-22
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Do Not Mention the Cause of Death
Overview: In an atmosphere of WWII, a village dyer wants to help his folks in their sorrow and distress by supplying them with the black paint, but there is not enough black paint for all of them, because death works faster than the dyer. His wife was raped, but the naive dyer believes in "straight" intentions of his godfather - black marketeer, and he gives away free canvas to the people. But in all their pain, people are unable to distinguish good intentions from the evil ones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1968-04-16
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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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Ninth Miracle on the East
Overview: Perpetual wandering of a man who searches for his own identity, never reaching the final destination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1972-07-18
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Moment
Overview: A young man from the banks of the Ibar River goes to the revolutionary war. It turns out to be one of the key moments that will later leave marks on his life. The war conflict runs along with his intimate, internal conflicts of his own. He feels the need to think as a human being despite the horrors surrounding him. Such is the deeply embedded need of this man - the need for love, understanding and justice.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1978-07-23
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Maiden Bridge
Overview: "Maiden Bridge" is a place of exchange of German prisoners and partisans captured by the Germans. Unit with nine captured Germans is marching towards the bridge. there is double trouble for partisans, since they are surrounded by the hostiles and also going directly into the hands of ruthless enemy leaders.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1976-01-07
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Salt
Overview: Due to fighting against the Germans and the Ustashas, the partisans in central Bosnia decide to strike the salt pans, and take the much needed salt for the people and army. After serious attacks and heavy losses, they complete their mission successfully.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1973-07-17
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Escapes
Overview: Political prisoners imprisoned in Yugoslavia will try to escape from prison by digging a channel under the ground and join the partisans.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1968-07-28
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Hassan-Aga's Wife
Overview: Hassan-Aga’s wife waits at home for the return of her husband, long since departed for the war; but she refuses to go to him when summoned, because of a warning dream. On Hassan’s return, he throws her out of his house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Low Tide
Overview: A remote village in Serbia in 1941. Through the fate of rural residents and the destiny of a partisan detachment reflected is the horror and absurdity of war in Serbia during World War II. On one hand, ordinary people and partisans; the Germans and the Chetniks on the other.
Genres: War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-04-22
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Battle of Kosovo
Overview: In 1389, the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanović refused to submit to the Turkish Sultan Murat, who was invading Serbia with a large army, in order to continue conquering Europe through it.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1989-06-12
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The Peaks of Zelengore
Overview: During the Battle of Sutjeska, partisan troops must endure 24 hours of big and heavy attacks on German units Ljubino grave, to the main Partisan units, with the wounded and the Supreme Headquarters, pulled out the ring that is tightened around them.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Walter Defends Sarajevo
Overview: Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and charismatic leader of the resistance movement, can endanger their supplies. The Germans are taking a cunning plan to remove that obstacle.
Genres: Thriller War Action
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1972-04-12
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Gazija
Overview: Gazija are military men who patrol the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire in mid-18th century. One such man has trouble reconciling times of peace with his Gazija standing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1981-07-15
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The Ambush
Overview: Idealistic young man supports the party and the new Yugoslavia's communist regime, but soon gets involved in various political and criminal machinations becoming more and more confused about what's right and what's wrong.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-06-30
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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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Zarki
Overview: In Vojvodina during the war, a partisan commander Zarki fell into the hands of the local Germans. They bound him in chains and take him from one village to another, torturing him in public so he could tell the names from his movement. Bewildered by his resisting power, the Germans tend to break him down and destroy the pride which is his answer to their torture. Frenzied of powerlessness, they ultimately choose the most horrifying death - they buried him alive in the sand that will cover the last trait of him, but he died victorious: He died for his thing.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1970-11-25
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The Dervish and Death
Overview: Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the Ottoman rule rests on. Throughout his life, the atmosphere of the city, the relations with the judge and the mechanism of government, the image of Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century is being revealed. Based on a highly praised novel by Meša Selimović.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1974-07-11
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