Snežana Nikšić

Acting

Snežana Nikšić

Born 1943-11-30 · Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Acting credits

Funeral Feast poster
9.2

The first days of war in Ljubljana. The young hero Niko experiences the bloody and violent transition from childhood to manhood. Based on the novel by Beno Zupancic.

Funeral Feast

1969

A Sinful Child poster
10.0

It tells about Aleksa, an adolescent from a poor provincial family who came to the big city to scrap his life as servant in other people’s houses.

A Sinful Child

1976

The Serbian Girl poster
10.0

The naive 18 year old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where her boyfriend lives. The trip is not easy. Finally in Hamburg she has to realize her boyfriend is not very interested in a relationship. She doesn't tell him she's pregnant and starts on her way home to Serbia, which turns out to be even more exhausting.

The Serbian Girl

1991

The Burden poster
8.0

A young man who lives and works in the big town, comes to his native village to visit his family. He meets his old love, who had finished school but can’t find job. He spends his time with old friends in the bars. At the same time, one of his friends comes from Germany full of money.

The Burden

1972

Handymen, Handymen poster
7.6

The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.

Handymen, Handymen

1980

Oldtimer poster
7.0

The aged rocker Igor works as a journalist and DJ at the "Radio Student" in Ljubljana. He notices that the janitor Miha works for the police, tapping the walls and observing the journalists who are critical of the regime. After a clash with his editor, Igor decides to leave for Greece by his old bike DKW from 1938, via Bosnia and Serbia. Young Rahela joins him on the trip. Traveling through Yugoslavia, Igor becomes involved in unexpected turmoil: Milosevic's "antibureaucratic revolution" starts in Serbia and Vojvodina.

Oldtimer

1989

The Reject poster
4.4

A man whose life is on the verge of collapse looks for new inspiration in this drama from Serbian filmmaker Milos Radivojevic. On was once a reporter, but now makes his living working as a public relations man for a banking firm. On is in his forties and has started to sink into a mid-life depression. On's wife has left him and while he tries to keep in touch with her and his daughter, he feels they're drifting away from him. On often finds himself retreating into a world of daydreams, which becomes all the more common after he loses his job. On struggles to drown in ennui with alcohol, gambling and meaningless sex, but matters only get worse as he learns that his elderly mother's health is failing, and he can no longer keep up with the bills for her medical care. When On discovers some forgotten savings, he sets out on a vacation in hopes of recapturing his muse, with his beautiful and loyal secretary in tow. Film received its American premiere at the 2008 Palm Springs Film Festival.

The Reject

2007

Good Morning, Belgrade poster
6.3

In the center of this docudrama are the events and tensions of the shooting of a feature film about Belgrade in the future. The director sets up unrealistic requirements to the producer, who breaks the law by overstepping the budget. During a court trial where the crew members are at the witness stand, we follow up the drama of how a film is made.

Good Morning, Belgrade

1986

The Ambulance poster
6.0

A contemporary historical film reflecting the drama of the profound social changes that the Serbian society underwent at the turn of this century. The story is delivered through an account of the development of the local ambulance service. Adhering to the spirit of modern neo-realism, this evolution is illustrated by three stories set in three different periods linked by mutually connected and conditioned characters; and there is also a dream of what it could be!

The Ambulance

2009

On the Run poster
6.8

The feeling of being incapable of controlling your own life and general uselessness make people want to escape the world around them. In spite of the feeling that they possess some creative force, they still feel they waste their time and lives.

On the Run

1967

The Tiger poster
7.3

Šorga's, the retired boxing champion nicknamed "Tiger", wife leaves him for a wealthier guy. He meets a juvenile thief, Čok, and decides to become his father figure. In the process of changing Čok, Šorga changes himself.

The Tiger

1978

Gravitation poster
6.3

After completing his military service, Boris Horvat finds himself at the crossroads. He thinks about enrolling at the faculty, but the job of a clerk at a bank where his father worked is already waiting for him. Boris falls in love with a female artist, but soon gets involved in another love affair, this time with his female colleague at work.

Gravitation

1968

Fat and Thin poster
6.2

An imposter and thief called Dumpling escapes prison and arrives to a respectable institute of doctor Strukl in Balm Sanatorium. The doctor is a specialist for reduction and gaining of weight, and wanted by many celebrities, especially because it is known that he has specialized in Switzerland. Dumpling, discovering that he is physically similar to doctor, and seeing his big chance in it, disables the doctor and takes his place at the sanatorium.

Fat and Thin

1985

Plum Juice poster
4.8

DJ from a small town plans to organize a great artistic happening. His plans coincide with those by local bigwigs who desperately want to promote a local food company.

Plum Juice

1981

Inspector poster
5.8

Having used someone else’s I.D. he had found in a barber shop, Boda is mistakenly being proclaimed an inspector. He finds himself in all sorts of adventures, discovers some big machinations in one company and helps in catching the deceiver.

Inspector

1965

Russian Tzar poster
10.0

Portrait of an elderly widower who meets love of his life again after half a century.

Russian Tzar

1993

The Way to Paradise poster
5.5

A man and his conscience are shown on their way to paradise as the only illusion that saves him the present civilization's hell. However, it is the same people and same events that await him there.

The Way to Paradise

1970

Sunday 9 to 5 poster
9.0

One regular Sunday meeting of a boy and his father who live separately.

Sunday 9 to 5

1989

There Is No Plane to Zagreb poster
NR

A retrospective of events in director Louis van Gasteren’s life from 1964 to 1969, filmed by him in that period and reflected on from his vantage point over 40 years later at the age of 90.

There Is No Plane to Zagreb

2012

Frame for the Picture of My Beloved One poster
6.6

Five boys befriend a young loner who becomes their teacher of the adult world.

Frame for the Picture of My Beloved One

1968

Before the War poster
6.3

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.

Before the War

1966

The Sun of Another Sky poster
6.3

In a small railway station a group of building workers are organized by a man called Jakov to travel to Germany for work. In the meantime, local bar owner Kurjak is getting a visit from his son first time after three years.

The Sun of Another Sky

1968

On Paper Wings poster
6.1

A love story of a couple who both reconsider the meaning of their former lives, only to come up with decision that they should marry.

On Paper Wings

1967

Bread poster
8.0

A small story of a small but happy man and his fight against poverty and drought. The story takes place in Kosovo in mid-seventies, and describes one family and her fight for survival.

Bread

1973