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Velimir Živojinović
Velimir Živojinović

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. more

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Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
(1996)
Drama, War
In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Srđan Dragojević
Cast:
Nikola Kojo, Dragan Maksimović, Zoran Cvijanovic, Milorad Mandić 'Manda', Dragan Bjelogrlić
8.7
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Balkan Spy
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, Ilija Čvorović falls into deep paranoia which leads to absurd and destructive chain of events.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Dušan Kovačević, Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić
Cast:
Danilo 'Bata' Stojković, Zvonko Lepetić, Mira Banjac, Borivoje Todorović, Danica Petkovic
8.9
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Frozen Stiff
(2002)
Comedy, Drama
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.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Milorad Milinković
Cast:
Nikola Đuričko, Sonja Kolačarić, Tara Manić, Srđan Todorović, Nenad Jezdić
8.4
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Barking at the Stars
(1998)
Comedy, Romance
Comedy about teachers and students at a high school in a small provincial town. Mihailo tries to win the heart of a girl his brother is also chasing.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Zdravko Šotra
Cast:
Dragan Mićanović, Nataša Tapušković, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Nikola Simić
8.7
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The Fall of Rock and Roll
(1989)
Comedy
Omnibus film, consisting of three independent parts: in the first story, Koma, a failed rocker, wants to prove to his producer father that newly composed music could be better than his. He becomes a mysterious masked folk singer-known as Ninja. In the second, Dracula is killed... again. This time he does not dies oby way of a wooden st...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Goran Gajić, Zoran Pezo, Vladimir Slavica
Cast:
Srđan Todorović, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Sonja Savić, Branimir Brstina, Nebojša Bakočević
8.2
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The Knife
(1999)
Drama
In attempt to find out who he is and where his roots lie, Alija Osmanović discovers something far deeper and more important. He slowly discovers an evil that follows him as his destiny regardless of what his ancestors were called. Trying to find the reasons for this evil, he finds himself in a vicious circle. Running away from an irrat...
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Miroslav Lekić
Cast:
Žarko Laušević, Bojana Maljević, Aleksandar Berček, Ljiljana Blagojević, Petar Božović
8.4
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The Battle of Neretva
(1969)
Drama, War
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.
Runtime:
175 min
Director:
Veljko Bulajić
Cast:
Yul Brynner, Curd Jürgens, Hardy Krüger, Anthony Dawson, Franco Nero
7.3
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Ivko's Feast
(2005)
Comedy
The story takes place in Nis, towards the end of the nineteenth century, during the calm down of the stormy historic events which led to final liberation of southern Serbian parts from Turkish occupation. The comedy is about celebrating traditional saint's day feast, organized by Ivko and how his guests test the Serbian hospitality.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Zdravko Šotra
Cast:
Zoran Cvijanovic, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Milorad Mandić 'Manda', Srđan Todorović, Nikola Đuričko
7.2
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Three Tickets to Hollywood
(1993)
Comedy
The story of three boys who, fascinated with seventh art magic, decide to escape from their remote village straight to Hollywood. In the same time, a local policeman frantically organizes a reception for the president of the state. His "strictly controlled" citizens, under the influence of events in Cuba, in 1962. start dividing in two...
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić
Cast:
Branislav Lečić, Bogdan Diklić, ​Ljubiša Samardžić, Vesna Stanojević, Neda Arnerić
7.8
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Balkan Express
(1983)
Comedy, War
In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Branko Baletić
Cast:
Dragan Nikolić, Borivoje Todorović, Tanja Bošković, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Olivera Marković
7.9
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Battle of Kosovo
(1989)
Drama, History, War
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.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Zdravko Šotra
Cast:
Gorica Popović, Vojislav Brajović, Žarko Laušević, Ljuba Tadić, Branislav Lečić
7.6
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Walter Defends Sarajevo
(1972)
War
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.
Runtime:
133 min
8.2
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I Even Met Happy Gypsies
(1967)
Drama
The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their ad...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Aleksandar Petrović
Cast:
Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Gordana Jovanović, Rahela Ferari
8.1
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The Promising Boy
(1981)
Drama
A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to perform rebellious acts.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Miloš Radivojević
Cast:
Aleksandar Berček, Dara Džokić, Rade Marković, Dušica Žegarac, Milena Zupančič
8.0
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The Written Off Return
(1976)
Action, War
Prle and Tihi, being the only surviving members of their resistance group, had been forced to leave Nazi-occupied Belgrade and join Partisans in country. In Summer of 1944 somebody is assassinating resistance sympathizers, and Prle and Tihi must return to Belgrade deal with it. In order to cross through enemy lines, they use cars, clot...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Milenko Jeremić
Cast:
Dragan Nikolić, Vojislav Brajović, Aleksandar Berček, Pavle Vuisic, Aljoša Vučković
8.1
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The Battle of Sutjeska
(1973)
War
Tells the story of the Battle of Sutjeska which occurred in Nazi-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1943.
Runtime:
117 min
6.9
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The Bridge
(1969)
Action, War
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 becaus...
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Hajrudin Krvavac
Cast:
Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Slobodan Perović, Boris Dvornik, Relja Basic, Sibina Mijatović
7.7
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The Love Life of Budimir Trajković
(1977)
Comedy, Romance
Trajković family are bridge builders. Being forced to move every once in a while, the bridges are everything but pleasant thing for 17 year old Budimir, who is unable to make any permanent love relationship. In their last attempt to settle down in capital, a boy will experience love in its full meaning.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Dejan Karaklajić
Cast:
Predrag Bolpačić, Milena Dravić, Ljubisa Samardzic, Milivoje Mića Tomić, Cvijeta Mesić
7.4
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In the Jaws of Life
(1984)
Comedy
Two parallel tales about two modern women. One is Štefica Cvek, average and lonely girl who desperately tries to find the man of her dreams. The other story is about a woman director who is making the movie about Štefica and has the same problem.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Rajko Grlić
Cast:
Gorica Popović, Vitomira Lončar, Bogdan Diklić, Miodrag Krivokapić, Mira Furlan
7.7
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Some Birds Can't Fly
(1997)
Drama
The doctors predicted Vesna to have one more year. The very sick girl is taken, by her estranged grandfather, up to the mountains, where she learns of a different life.
Runtime:
90 min
7.8
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The Birch Tree
(1967)
Drama
A beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Ante Babaja
Cast:
Manca Košir, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Fabijan Sovagovic, Nela Eržišnik, Martin Sagner
8.1
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War Live
(2000)
Comedy, Drama, War
Belgrade, 1999. Producer Sergei and his film crew are in a disastrous situation - the film they're making is under threat - there's no money, the crew are dissatisfied - and NATO bombing is just around the corner. Then a member of the State Security Service (Mileta) comes looking for American co-producer Harvey. Anxious and worried, in...
Runtime:
101 min
6.8
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A Great Guy at Heart
(1981)
Comedy
After confronting his professor, a student of medicine loses his illegal bed in student housing and finds a job as a housemaid at Sava Mitrovic house. The family happiness soon turns into a chaos, falling apart like a Robert Hall suit.
Runtime:
92 min
7.3
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Sugar Water
(1983)
Comedy
Unsatisfied with her looks and lack of sexual experience, a girl nicknamed Tomboy decides to subject herself under nose surgery. Her best friend begins to observe her from different point of view.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Svetislav Prelić
Cast:
Sonja Savić, Svetislav Goncić, Milena Dravić, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Ljubisa Samardzic
7.2
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Part-Time Work
(1980)
Comedy, Drama
A comedy of everyday life problems of a "temporary" teacher who leads a very "temporary" life. For ten years, he temporarily lives with his married sister in a cramped, one-room apartment in which, his brother's-in-law sister also temporarily lives. He has a diploma, but not a steady job. He's a school teacher for a definite period of ...
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Milan Jelić
Cast:
Ljubisa Samardzic, Milena Dravić, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Vlasta Knezovic, Relja Basic
7.1
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The Battle of the Eagles
(1979)
Drama, History, War
The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Hajrudin Krvavac
Cast:
Bekim Fehmiu, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Ljubisa Samardzic, Radoš Bajić, Radoš Bajić
6.6
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Sixth Gear
(1981)
Comedy
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 beauty and others human misery. In the end he gets tangled up himself, and not without bitterness he tries to change his ways, trying to become like his rival across the street, which has ada...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Zdravko Šotra
Cast:
Zoran Radmilović, Mira Banjac, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Milena Dravić, Dragan Maksimović
7.8
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Balkan Express 2
(1988)
Comedy, War
A group of musicians, whose band is called "Balkan express", in fact a quintet of small-time crooks , trying to make some money in Nazi-occupied Serbia.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Predrag Antonijević, Miloš Radović, Aleksandar Đorđević
Cast:
Borivoje Todorović, Olivera Marković, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Aleksandar Berček, Anica Dobra
7.0
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My Part-Time Dad
(1982)
Comedy, Drama
The new misadventures of single mother Svetlana, her 12 year old son and (still) part-time worker Siniša. Siniša's plans to marry Svetlana are ruined when her ex-husband comes back from Germany, persuading her to start their new life together.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Milan Jelić
Cast:
Ljubisa Samardzic, Milena Dravić, Boris Dvornik, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Nikola Kojo
7.1
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The Beach Guard in Winter
(1976)
Drama
Grown up in an atmosphere of failed marriage of his parents, a young man wants to go his way throughout life. School he finished doesn't give him the opportunity to find a job, so he accepts the position of a beach guard in winter period.
Runtime:
90 min
7.2
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Hi, Inspector
(1985)
Comedy
A street cop is picked by the national security service in order to carry out an important and delicate task. His mission is to go undercover and infiltrate a dangerous international cabal of homosexuals.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Zoran Čalić
Cast:
Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Boro Stjepanović, Nikola Simić, Miodrag Andrić, Mira Furlan
6.6
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It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men
(1985)
Comedy, Romance
A divorcee and her three teenage daughters go on their summer holidays at sea. There they encounter some romantic (mis)adventures.
Runtime:
91 min
7.2
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Oktoberfest
(1987)
Drama
Luka Banjanin is an unemployed young man living with his parents in Belgrade. He hangs out with few devoted friends who, like him, are yet to find place in a society that discarded young intellectuals. He plays saxophone and dreams about going to Oktoberfest, the annual beer festival in Munich, but he's being unable to get passport bec...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Dragan Kresoja
Cast:
Svetislav Goncić, Vladislava Milosavljević, Zoran Cvijanovic, Žarko Laušević, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović
7.2
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Balkan Rules
(1997)
Drama
Movie about secret relations between Yugoslavian, Serbian and Croatian secret police during last 50 years. Here in Balkans truth and lies are so much mixed and it lasts so long that no one knows the difference. That is why this fictitious story looks so true.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Darko Bajić
Cast:
Branislav Lečić, Lazar Ristovski, Ana Sofrenović, Aleksandar Berček, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović
6.9
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Kozara
(1962)
War
In June of 1942 Germans and their collaborators decide to get rid of partisans and their stronghold in the woods of Mount Kozara in Northern Bosnia. They encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation. Out gunned and outnumbered the partisans must not only take care of themselves but try to protect thousands of refugees too.
Runtime:
124 min
7.2
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The White Suit
(1999)
Drama, Romance
A sergeant officer lives a life of a loner, reads literary classics and dreams about acting. On his journey by train, he madly falls in love with a prostitute, but her pimp - another passenger on a train - is not willing to let her go, which makes their destiny tragic.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Lazar Ristovski
Cast:
Lazar Ristovski, Radmila Shchogolyeva, Dragan Nikolić, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Danilo 'Bata' Stojković
5.7
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Sisters
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Sisters
(2011)
Crime, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Based on a true story from Serbia, the film is about human trafficking.
Runtime:
85 min
7.1
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Sekula and His Women
(1986)
Comedy
A village blacksmith Sekula, hard-muscled but soft-hearted, has terrible luck when it comes to love. Many women pass through his house - a local spinster of ill health, a belly dancer, a veterinarian experienced in the castration of bulls a singing star-to-be - but stay just long enough to give birth to another child, only to then run ...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Dragoslav Lazić
Cast:
Radoš Bajić, Jovan Janićijević 'Burduš', Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Sonja Savić, Vesna Čipčić
6.3
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The Dog Who Loved Trains
(1977)
Drama
A fugitive girl, a stuntman and a young man who lost his dog quite some time before, are joining together on a trip to reach each of their own destination. A youngster gets emotionally connected to the girl, and he'd try to help her to leave the bossy stuntman, to get false passport and escape to Paris.
Runtime:
91 min
7.2
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The Master and Margaret
(1972)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Maestro Nikolai Masoudov, a talented writer, and his assistant Margaret, are working on a biblical story of Pontius Pilate. The Satan — Woland, and his lieutenants, are harassing Master by surveillance, by killing his friend, and sending another friend to Gulag prison in Siberia. Victimized by their harassment, Master becomes paranoid,...
Runtime:
95 min
6.5
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