Velimir Živojinović

Actor

June 5, 1933 (82 years)

† May 22, 2016

Koraćica, Serbia

Biography

Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović was a Serbian stage and film actor. After he graduated from acting schools in Užice and Novi Sad, he enrolled at the Drama Academy in Belgrade.

Filmography

5.7

Happy People

Aranđel Golubović

The intertwined lives of numerous characters set in 1990s Belgrade who all try to live happily during rather unhappy times.

9.0

Grey Home

Upravnik

A moving story about the residents of correctional facility, rejected by parents and environment. Going through a strict regimen of life in the home, they are constantly trying to reverse the fate in their favor. Although they were given a chance to change, their actions always return to the beginning. Constantly on the border between personal whims and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become humans, they remain as wolves who find hard to change their mood. What finally remains is a perpetual dilemma whether their fate is innate, or is it forced by the communities in which they grew up...

6.5

The Invincible Heart

Lakr

Set in the 1930s, the series is about the impossible love between a poor young man from the province, an unemployed law graduate and a talented singer, and the rich and sensitive heiress of a bank manager and owner.

8.0

Balkan Express 2

Stojko

TV series made as an extended version of an eponymous feature film. A quintet of small-time crooks that works under disguise of a musical band become the supporters of Partisan resistance movement in WW2. Being forced to escape to another part of the occupied territory, they hide in "Marlene Saloon" forgetting that the bordellos of the kind are an ideal place for espionage during the war. They get more problems than peace and rest and the tragicomedy starts.

N/A

The Teacher

Šopenhauer

The 1982 theatrical film "Idemo dalje" reedited into a seven part mini-series. WW2 is coming to an end and a young Partisan must face new challenges as a schoolteacher in small Serbian town.

7.0

The Bridge

Tigar

In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost indestructible and the only man who knows weak spots in the construction is the architect who built it. He is, however, reluctant to cooperate because he doesn't want to see his masterpiece destroyed.

8.0

Vuk Karadžić

Jakov Nenadović

Vuk Karadžić, is а Yugoslavian historical drama television series which depicts the life and work of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian linguist and major reformer of the Serbo-Croatian language.

8.0

Basketball Players

Čika Pera

A drama series about a small Belgrade basketball club, the life and times of middle-aged coaches and the teenage players, their athletic and romantic struggles on and off court.

6.3

Anno Domini 1573

Ilija Gregorić

Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to death in order to provide defence against the Turks. But, the worst things were arrogant local feudal lords led by Franjo Tahi who were oppresing the common folk. All that led to the great peasant revolt of 1573. The movie is made for the 400th anniversary of the event.

9.0

Stories from the Workshop

Svetolik 'Pufta' Trpković

Dealing with his customers with an open heart a car mechanic named Života goes through many adventures. Some are funny, some are sad, some reveal the beauty and other human misery. (Six episodes in total)

6.4

The Battle of the Eagles

Vuk

The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.

6.2

Flaming Frontier

Jim Potter

Old Surehand and his faithful old friend Old Wabble are on the trail of a cold-blooded killer with the nickname 'The General'. The brother of Old Surehand was murdered by him. On the way Old Surehand and Old Wabble are involved in the running conflict between settlers and Comanches who are likely to go on the war path. Old Surehand can count on the support of his friend and blood brother Winnetou, the amiable chief of the Apaches. Written by Robert

6.5

Zika's Dynasty

Dr. Nedeljković

Misa is already a teenager but with little interest in girls and much for his violin. Two granddads, Zika and Milan, are worried for their grandson who may 'deviate' like Steven from "Dynasty", the show they like to watch. That's why they decide to introduce him better to their attractive housekeeper.

7.7

Balkan Spy

Prodavac palačinki

Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, Ilija Čvorović falls into deep paranoia which leads to an absurd and destructive chain of events.

6.8

The Battle of Neretva

Stole

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.

8.0

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Gvozden

In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.

7.3

Frozen Stiff

Stanislav

The basic plot revolves around drug dealer Limeni and two men, Lemi and Kiza, who are trying to transport their dead grandfather for burial, until their car breaks down and they end up struggling to get him home onboard a train. This is when these two plots intersect and all hell breaks loose.

7.0

Walter Defends Sarajevo

Valter

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.

7.2

The Wounds

Čovek na tenku

This film follows two Belgrade youths on their rise to gangster legends in a decaying society.

6.3

The Dervish and Death

Muselim

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.