Irfan Mensur

Acting

Irfan Mensur

Born

1952-01-19 (74)

Place of birth

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irfan Mensur (born: Irfan Kurić), (Born 19 January 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television and film actor. He is living and playing roles in Serbia for 30 years. He is married for the 2nd time to Serbian actress Srna Lango. The couple live in Belgrade and have two sons. During 2000s (decade) couple took one of the main roles in Serbian TV serial Jelena filmed in the production of Serbian RTV BK Telecom. In December 2010 Irfan and Srna enrolled into popular reality show Parovi on the Serbian TV station Happy TV. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irfan Mensur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Cross of Iron poster
7.1

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

Cross of Iron

1977

Escape from Sobibor poster
7.2

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

Escape from Sobibor

1987

Vuk Karadžić poster
7.0

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.

Vuk Karadžić

1987

The Children of Kozara poster
NR

Based on the novel of Arsen Diklić which describes the horrors of concentration camp Jasenovac.

The Children of Kozara

2026

The Day That Shook the World poster
6.1

An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.

The Day That Shook the World

1975

Professor Miskovic's Notebook poster
7.2

A young journalist Bosko, along with his girlfriend Jelena and best friend Milenko, gets caught up in a conspiracy to obtain a notebook which records unexplained paranormal events.

Professor Miskovic's Notebook

2021

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 5 titles

Newcomer poster
5.5

When a rookie operative's mistake costs the lives of his entire team, he's forced on the run and must piece together the truth by re-creating the events of the ill-fated mission with only the audio recording to guide him.

Newcomer

2015

No artwork available
2.0

A documentary-narrative film which looks at real events and personal phenomena of artist Zarko Lausevic. "Laush" above all tells a story of an evil time we've all been through, represents both sides and is made with empathy and respect towards everyone involved in the tragic incident. Through recreations, narration, memories of colleagues and quotes from the book "A Year Passes, a Day Will Never Pass" which the artist wrote during the hardest stage of his life, the weight of his fate is presented. The aim of this project is to portray the life of brilliant actor, who in the midst of great fame, disappeared from the scene through the cruelty of dubious times.

Laush

2014

For the King and Fatherland poster
4.0

The film is picturing the faith of the old Serbian warrior Milisav Janjic, who fought against the German occupation in the Second World War as a member of the "Ravnogorski pokret". The storyline narrates his memories of the past and the war events in the spring of 1941 interwoven with the contemporary moments, the author features the attack of fascist Germany, the April war and the fall of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the misfortune placed upon the Serbian people, loss of freedom, birth of the freedom movement in Serbia and one Serbian soldier, who after 70 years of expatriation in America returns to his homeland.

For the King and Fatherland

2015

Friday the 13th II poster
10.0

Two young people learn about the closely guarded secret of the existence of life after death and the hell in which parallel life flows. On Friday the 13th the only day of the year when the portal between the two worlds is opened they enter to save their grandmother and defeat evil. And in hell, the son of the devil Gojko gambles until his father calls him panicked because their existence is called into question.

Friday the 13th II

2019

To Kuyumba poster
NR

Living in the boondocks of Serbia, Marko is a young man pushed by a lack of job perspective into hard labor in the cold and loneliness of Siberia. He is facing his last 24 hours at home, with his only family being his formerly successful father, now retired and broke.

To Kuyumba

2016

2000s · 7 titles

Sky Hook poster
7.2

Belgrade during the height of the war Yugoslavia in 1999. Kaja struggles with daily destruction and the constant threat of being drafted, but also with his impending divorce from his wife Tijana, who wants to emigrate with their son.

Sky Hook

2000

A View from the Eiffel Tower poster
5.2

The main character is a young and very beautiful girl, Marijana. Marijana is 25 and when she was 16, her father's boss sexually abused her. Marijana's father did nothing against his boss, and because of that became very successful at his profession due to the boss' assistance. Marijana's father became a famous discreet gynaecologist for illegal abortions. Ten years after the incident, Marijana's family is very rich and popular in her town of Podgorica. Marijana did not forget what happened to her when she was younger. Marijana decides that it is time to avenge what was done to her. She does this by becoming a prostitute, and sleeping with her father's colleagues and there by harming his reputation. At one moment Marijana meets a poor but talented sculptor named Vanja whom she begins to love and care for. Marijana soon discovers that the world of prostitution and love of Vanja cannot coexist.

A View from the Eiffel Tower

2005

She Likes Red Star poster
4.8

Srba is graduating pupil and football fanatic, or more precise king of a street soccer, who plays even without others, in a winter, summer, rain or snow, while his grandma lights narrow backyard (so called small Maracana) with a flashlight. He wouldn't accept to become professional by no means and to play for money, rejecting offers of various scouts promising him a career in Spain, Greece, Germany, Turkey... main characters of Srba's school days are his best friends, Daca who is secretly in love with him ever since first grade, professors Hannibal and Darwin and Beki, new schoolmate to whom Srba fells in love - and she loves Red Star...

She Likes Red Star

2001

Sheitan Warrior poster
5.7

Trouble usually starts when the power falls into the wrong hands. That's how the book that hides an ancient evil fell to Stanislav. It does not matter whether Stanislav is a nice guy who helps old ladies cross the street, a psychopath, nerd, or a blood-thirsty young man.

Sheitan Warrior

2006

Scaffold poster
9.0

This performance, a monument to the Serbian language, culture and history, was created in Orašac, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern Serbian state.

Scaffold

2004

Mathilde poster
NR

A young girl attempts to kill a UN peacekeeper after the war in Croatia, leading to an investigation into the circumstances of their first meeting.

Mathilde

2006

The Kingdom of Serbia poster
8.0

A documentary re-enactment of the last few hundred years in Serbian history.

The Kingdom of Serbia

2008

1980s · 19 titles

Escape from Sobibor poster
7.2

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

Escape from Sobibor

1987

No artwork available
9.0

It follows the events at the University of Belgrade that were the basis for this dramatic story. Students are on strike, and the story of Josip Broz’s illegal stay in Belgrade is taking place in parallel. It takes place at a time when Broz is taking over the leadership of the Party.

Wrong Assessment

1987

Scent of Quinces poster
5.0

Set in Sarajevo during the 1941 Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, a local businessman rapidly amasses wealth by collaborating and maintaining close friendships with the Nazis. However, his financial success is complicated when he becomes deeply infatuated with a Jewish girl.

Scent of Quinces

1982

Tight Skin poster
6.4

At 56 years of age Mita Pantic is still only a junior clerk in his company. Another typical workday for him is starting at 6 a.m. as frustration awaits at every turn from the moment he gets up. Trying to get ready to go to work, he can barely get a turn to use the bathroom in the crowded apartment. Other members of the household are not without their frustrations either, meaning that nagging and shouting are a staple of their home life at any time of day.

Tight Skin

1982

Boiling poster
NR

The action takes place in the period from 1930 to 1934. The main protagonist is a so-called “collective hero”, that is, the revolutionary movement of Yugoslavia during the 1930s, although, conditionally speaking, the main hero is Rodoljub Colakovic.

Boiling

1986

Maternal Half-Brothers poster
6.4

This story about two maternal half-brothers, a Croat and a Serb. Although they never met, and both lose their loved ones in ethnic clashes, there is a bond between them. Filmed in 1988, it prophetically forsees the war that would engulf former Yugoslavia three years later.

Maternal Half-Brothers

1988

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway poster
8.0

Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the famous writer's life from childhood to his suicide at age 61. Haunted by various inner demons -- including his father's suicide -- Hemingway serves in World War I, marries four times, and finds creative support from Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and other expatriates living in 1920s Paris.

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

1988

Battle of Kosovo poster
6.3

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.

Battle of Kosovo

1989

Evening Bells poster
5.5

Trials and tribulations of a Croatian communist intellectual in the turbulent years before, during and after the Second World War.

Evening Bells

1986

No artwork available
NR

TV drama based on the story "A game of chess with live pieces" by Milorad Pavic.

Red Queen

1981

Sunday Lunch poster
4.8

A surgeon torn between his family and mistress sees his upcoming promotion as a salvation from midlife crisis.

Sunday Lunch

1982

Six Days in June poster
4.2

A young man finds a way to spend his last few days of freedom before joining the army. Set in eastern Bosnia in summer of 1968.

Six Days in June

1985

The Other Man poster
6.0

Young American actor comes to Yugoslavia to star in co-production film of the two countries, only to find out that the director was mysteriously killed. Later he discovers that the reason was his involvement in the white slavery trade.

The Other Man

1988

A Great Guy at Heart poster
6.1

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.

A Great Guy at Heart

1981

Hallo, Taxi poster
5.0

Being suspicious that his wife is cheating on him, a Belgrade taxi driver discovers that she's about to be traded by a local gang who drug women and sell them to Arabs. He decides to take the matter into his own hands, and fight the gang without the help of police.

Hallo, Taxi

1983

Milan - The Gift poster
9.0

The drama is about several prominent people of Serbian culture and art. Milan Savic, a well-known doctor from Novi Sad and writer from the turn of 20th century, feels a personal obligation to take care and deprive his friends of existential worries.

Milan - The Gift

1987

King of Endings poster
6.2

Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Visnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and Branko feels much closer to his mistress than to his wife. One day Kralj and Visnja travel on a half empty train. Kralj goes to a far away compartment for a game of chess, and leaves Visnja alone. Three men take advantage of the lone woman in her compartment and rape her.

King of Endings

1987

The Timok Rebellion poster
6.2

In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of Timok Valley decide not to surrender their arms to the regular troops. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of the event.

The Timok Rebellion

1983

Mrs. Stremnicka poster
10.0

Oppressed by the great sadness of the life, in her mid-30s Isidora agrees to marry the Polish doctor Emil Stremnicki without love. She lives with him for a short time in Norway. The writer reveals the complexity of the relationships that existed in her marriage, as well as inability to escape grief.

Mrs. Stremnicka

1989

1970s · 17 titles

Cross of Iron poster
7.1

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

Cross of Iron

1977

The Day That Shook the World poster
6.1

An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.

The Day That Shook the World

1975

No artwork available
9.0

After his wife’s death, a widower gathers his family of six sons in their house.

Sons

1975

Jovča poster
NR

Jovča is a respected and rich man in the 19th-century Vranje. He loves his daughter Vaska a little bit too much, so he does not let any of the suitors, even the best ones, approach her. Over time, she starts a relationship with a servant she grew up with.

Jovča

1976

The Love Life of Budimir Trajković poster
5.6

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.

The Love Life of Budimir Trajković

1977

The Beach Guard in Winter poster
5.5

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.

The Beach Guard in Winter

1976

No artwork available
10.0

A 1979 Serbo-Croatian language drama film written and directed by Stevo Žigon, starring Jelena Zigon, Marko Todorović and Olga Spiridonovic.

Chains

1979

The Dog Who Loved Trains poster
6.9

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.

The Dog Who Loved Trains

1977

National Class Category Up to 785ccm poster
6.6

One week in life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a Belgrade dandy boy, neglecting his girlfriend, avoiding his draft calls, and refusing to deal with any life responsibility in general. The decisive race on Saturday is only what he cares about.

National Class Category Up to 785ccm

1979

Breakdown poster
4.8

A journalist lives his smooth citizen life, married to a woman from respected family. But, conflicts with manager at work are becoming more often, his marriage is unstable and the outer manifestation of all this is a strange skin disease. Doctors recommend resting in nature and self-examination. In the mountains, in a lonely house near the lake, he meets a woman, also unadjusted and lonely. The consequences of this encounter are beneficial. Capable to love again, he gets his moral strength, and disease retreats. He breaks off his contacts with his wife's family and with "petit bourgeois" of his former life, confronts his boss and wins, realizing that this is only a first victory which has straightened him up.

Breakdown

1978

Down with Weapons poster
8.0

In this TV film, the action takes place in the Bay of Kotor in 1918, where the famous revolt of sailors of the Austro-Hungarian fleet happened, here reconstructed in the form of a docudrama.

Down with Weapons

1975

First Garrison poster
7.0

This is a story about a young second lieutenant Janković who, after graduating from the Military Academy, comes to the unit for his first officer's duty. The film follows the period of his adjustment, getting to know the collective, establishing the first meetings with soldiers and elders, the city and the environment in which he lives. Crises and dilemmas were quickly overcome. The collective accepted the young officer thanks to his knowledge, skill and ability to establish real human relations. This is actually the first and introductory story from the series about the life of an officer.

First Garrison

1976

No artwork available
10.0

The subject of the story is care and love of Vlajko, a lonely clerk, for an abandoned sick child. Through sacrifice, the main character finds the meaning of his monotonous life.

Vlajko's Secret

1976

Do You Know Pavle Pleso? poster
6.5

Experienced crane driver helps a village boy to get along in the big city.

Do You Know Pavle Pleso?

1975

Thought poster
9.0

In 1902 in St. Petersburg, Russia, loner scientist Anton Kerzhentsevi studies primates. He's attracted to Tatyana, his friend Alexis' wife. As Anton slowly goes mad, he starts planning on how to kill his friend and get away with it.

Thought

1978

The Autograph poster
NR

Živka, a kitchen helper at a restaurant where visiting sports teams eat, is in love with basketball star Mensur. Late at night, on a deserted street, the two meet by chance and he spends the night with her in a dormitory.

The Autograph

1977

The Kitchen poster
9.0

The play follows the staff in a cafe's kitchen during the course of a busy morning.

The Kitchen

1976

Series credits

Vuk Karadžić poster
7.0

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.

Vuk Karadžić

1987

Professor Miskovic's Notebook poster
7.2

A young journalist Bosko, along with his girlfriend Jelena and best friend Milenko, gets caught up in a conspiracy to obtain a notebook which records unexplained paranormal events.

Professor Miskovic's Notebook

2021

Jelena poster
9.0

The story of Jelena is set to Serbia's capital Belgrad and it follows the life of an ordinary woman, who's not happy in love. She's married to Ratko and has two children Sasa and Lidija. Inspite of years that went by, Jelena never managed to forget Vuk, a love of her life she has been involved with in her youth. She was separated from Vuk under tragic and mysterious circumstances. After 3 decades in his wish to pursue justice, Vuk returns to his city bringing his daughter Helen with him. His attempt to clarify what happened and to prove the truth is sabotaged by Jelena's husband who keeps failing in business more and more. Even though he loves Jelena, he has a relationship with Sofija, the owner of a modeling agency. Nobody expects that the accidental encounter between Sasa and Helen will become fatal once they decided to start the life together.

Jelena

2004

Time of Death poster
9.0

The WWI is the focus of the tetralogy novel "Time of Death". It paints a broad picture of time, events, and human fates. Other than members of the Katic family, many historical individuals are among the primary heroes.

Time of Death

2024

Children of Evil poster
7.8

A masked perpetrator murders a prominent politician and leaves an old, golden coin in his hand. Nikola Bobic, a defence attorney, reluctantly takes a case and plunges into a dangerous game that will change his life forever.

Children of Evil

2023

Flat Hill poster
6.3

Ravna Gora tells story of events after April War 1941. Serbia with accent on the Chetnic-Partisan conflict, at the beginning of World War II

Flat Hill

2013

Alexandar of Yugoslavia poster
6.0

The series covers the period from the entry of King Alexander into liberated Belgrade after the end of the First World War until the assassination in Marseilles.

Alexandar of Yugoslavia

2021

Svetozar Markovic poster
10.0

A biopic of an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. Svetozar Markovic developed an activist anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change, which set foundations for socialist ideals in his homeland.

Svetozar Markovic

—

The Pillow of My Grave poster
10.0

Trieste in 1807. Dositej Obradovic, founder of modern Serbian literature and the minister of education, goes through a creative and spiritual decline because of love of a young woman. Despite his old age, he can't resist this strong emotional flame, and subsequently travels to Belgrade following his agreement to be the leader of the Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

The Pillow of My Grave

1991

The Call poster
7.5

Anica Reljic, a former police inspector who now works in a call center, receives a call from Sonja Tosic, a rich single mother who wants to know the identity of the person who is threatening her on the phone. As Anica investigates the threatening calls, she realizes that they are connected to a criminal group from her past life. She tries to warn Sonja, but Sonja disappears, prompting Anica and Tiana, Sonja's rebellious daughter, to go in search of her. They soon discover that Sonja may be the key to uncovering the truth behind an environmental scandal rocking the country: the mysterious poisoning of three boys.

The Call

2023

Stories from the Factory poster
10.0

Works and private lives of 800 female employees in the textile factory named "Star".

Stories from the Factory

1985