
Acting
Melita Bihali
Born — Died
1938-04-04 — 2023-08-25
Place of birth
Živogošće, Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Known for
Acting
Credits
46 titles
Known for
8.9Vruć vetar is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV miniseries that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show were popular in neighboring countries-also very popular in Czechoslovakia. Its main theme became very popular and enjoying a bit of a cult status. The story follows Shurda, a man in his 30s, who comes from a small town to Belgrade to get rich. However, as no job is good enough for him, he tries his luck in Germany, but this venture proves to be the same, so he returns to his native Yugoslavia.
Hot Wind
1980
8.7"The Written Off" is a famous Serbian TV miniseries, that was very popular in former Yugoslavia, originally airing in 1974. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series ten times, the last re-run starting in 2012. The series has achieved something of a cult status among its audience and still attracts an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. Idea of series derives from exploits of freedom fighters in Belgrade during World War II, and all the characters and events are fictitious.
The Written Off
1974
7.0Milos Crnjanski, the great Serbian writer, returns home after the turmoil and chaos of the First World War. Tired and disappointed, he decides to spend night at the local brothel.
Paradise
1993
7.9In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
1996
7.0Based on the work of the same name by Branislav Nušić. The film satirizes societal obsession with money through eccentric characters vying for wealth in a lighthearted setting.
Mister Dollar
1989
6.4New adventures of truck drivers Jare and Paja, long-time fellow associates and close friends. Jare is forced to pay off his debt for the loans he was raising to build a house for his numerous family. He must find heaps of money as soon as possible, or let tax gatherers to take everything. Paja tries to help him in this impossible task, but on their way they face bunch of obstacles, losses and misfortunes, encountering all sorts of people, only to end up in serious problems.
Truckers Ride Again
1984
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
2010s · 2 titles
8.0A comedy about two petty criminals Mungos and Tetreb who decide to rob a cafe full of valuable things for New Year's Eve. Robbery goes wrong and they run into a series of problems that they are trying to get out of.
It's Not All What It Looks Like
2019
NRThree generations - three different microcosms - are entangled in circle. They were all looking for love but ended up experiencing aggression and escape from reality.
Pavilions
2018
2000s · 3 titles
7.3Mladen and Marija are an ordinary and happy married couple of the "middle class" of the society in which they live as tenants. Mladen works as a civil engineer in a state company, and Marija is an English teacher in primary school. The couple finds joy in their only son, Nemanja. They discover that Nemanja has a rare heart disease and healing is possible with an operation in a foreign medical center, which costs €26,000.
The Trap
2007
10.0Tihomir Stojković became famous after the series The Family Treasure, and profits around Serbia on his fame. He receives an invitation from Serbian TV that he should hand over the car to the prize winner, but his uncle Žitko wrongly tells him that the car is going to be given to him.
Gee, Bro!
2005
9.0This drama is dedicated to Anica Savić-Rebac, a strong figure of Serbian science and art. A university professor, PhD in classical philology, poet, historian of ideas and translator of several dead and living languages and a rare person of culture.
The Shore of Longing
2002
1990s · 8 titles
7.0Milos Crnjanski, the great Serbian writer, returns home after the turmoil and chaos of the First World War. Tired and disappointed, he decides to spend night at the local brothel.
Paradise
1993
7.9In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
1996
4.0A boxer tries to recover from the memories he brought back from war.
Flashback
1997
7.420 peoples paths crisscross one night in violent mid-'90s Belgrade.
Cabaret Balkan
1998
5.5Milan tells Žika to get married and come to a suitable candidate, and they decide to give an advertisement in all national and international newspapers. From Slovenia to Brazil, the offers on VHS keep arriving. As Žika do not err on the final selection of young, Milan offers him a language instruction of their knowledge and skills. Žika understands what it is all about and finds out the real tricks of his friend Milan.
Žika's Marriage
1992
3.6Middle-aged couple try to preserve at least some of their dignified life in times of war, poverty and sanctions.
A Diary of Insults
1994
5.5A con leaves the prison with a plan to deceive people by entering financial bank business.
Thief's Comeback
1998
9.0A butcher and his associate befriend a group of workers from construction site. Escape from family problems only makes new ones for the duo.
Tsubok
1990
1980s · 15 titles
7.0Based on the work of the same name by Branislav Nušić. The film satirizes societal obsession with money through eccentric characters vying for wealth in a lighthearted setting.
Mister Dollar
1989
6.4New adventures of truck drivers Jare and Paja, long-time fellow associates and close friends. Jare is forced to pay off his debt for the loans he was raising to build a house for his numerous family. He must find heaps of money as soon as possible, or let tax gatherers to take everything. Paja tries to help him in this impossible task, but on their way they face bunch of obstacles, losses and misfortunes, encountering all sorts of people, only to end up in serious problems.
Truckers Ride Again
1984
7.6The Topalović family has been in the burial business for generations. When the 150-year-old Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.
The Marathon Family
1982
7.0In his comedy play, Branislav Nusic satirically depicted the snobbish desire of some wealthy people to “decorate” their children with academic titles.
Dr
1984
4.2A 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
4.8In search of her own identity, a young champion in fencing is torn between two men, which leads her to personal conflict.
What Is with You, Nina?
1984
The story of a young writer who tries to save his personal identity while facing the corrupted environment and temptations of a love affair.
The Last Story
1987
9.0Two people stuck in the elevator get romantically closer.
A Special Emphasis on Happiness
1988
4.7Lepa Brena goes to one of the islands of the Adriatic, on a working holiday, but due to the holidays and planning the next tour, false news that the notorious island Lepa Brena requested a special guest for the tour. The news will completely disrupt the thrill and to potential tour guests, tourists and members of the Sweet Sin and the whole island.
Let's Make Love 2
1989
9.0One regular Sunday meeting of a boy and his father who live separately.
Sunday 9 to 5
1989
5.2Partly based on true events, when a group of dangerous international criminals tried to rob the National Theater in Belgrade.
The Theatre Connection
1980
7.0The 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.
Let's Move On
1982
5.0A story of spiritual resistance to physical political persecution. Set after the Russian revolution, when communist zealots hunt down everyone who will not forswear their Orthodox Catholic ways.
Gardens of Athos - Transfiguration
1989
6.0In Savamala, the most notorious part of Belgrade, lives an eighteen-year-old young man. In this turbulent atmosphere, different passions collide, and there are hints that the bloody strikes are a prelude to a major battle. The young man tries to escape from the slums and live in a better society. He falls in love and draws comics, while Savamala offers him the misery of everyday life, the world of criminals, gamblers, anarchists, singers and failed poets.
Savamala
1982
9.0Two men involved in mining business, exporter and importer, find in a bar to make deals about their future transaction plans. Instead of business, they end up stuffing themselves, drinking and singing all night.
Import Export
1983
1970s · 11 titles
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
NRA wife comes to a construction site to find her husband, who does not want to see her. She finds a job there and makes a male friend. Tragedy is in the air due to his jealousy, instigated by the ridicule of his co-workers.
Construction Site
1979
9.0Careless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement and their activities bring their names to Gestapo's termination list. This movie inspired the series that would get cult status in former Yugoslavia.
The Written Off
1974
7.0A story about young man who, after the conflict with his uncle, sets off to emigration.
Arandjel's Predicament
1976
8.0The employees at a printing company talk about the mutual relations of employees at the company and their family problems.
The End of the Week
1975
10.0It catches the essence of the no man’s land in which an accused artist found himself. In the hysteria of the political witch hunt neither society nor the law offered a way out.
Blacklist
1974
6.2A 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.
My Crazy Head
1971
6.9A 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
6.7The tragic story of a heavyweight prizefighter at the end of his career.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1974
4.9A teenager fails to find (and keep) jobs which makes his father doubt the reason might be the boy's lack of sexual experience. As all his efforts prove to be unsuccessful, the father gives up, but not the boy's aunt.
The Bug Killer
1971
7.0The vagrants of a 15-year-old school dropout who's torn between jobs that do not suit him, and dreams of having music career.
Mammoth Bone
1979
Series credits
8.9Vruć vetar is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV miniseries that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show were popular in neighboring countries-also very popular in Czechoslovakia. Its main theme became very popular and enjoying a bit of a cult status. The story follows Shurda, a man in his 30s, who comes from a small town to Belgrade to get rich. However, as no job is good enough for him, he tries his luck in Germany, but this venture proves to be the same, so he returns to his native Yugoslavia.
Hot Wind
1980
8.7"The Written Off" is a famous Serbian TV miniseries, that was very popular in former Yugoslavia, originally airing in 1974. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series ten times, the last re-run starting in 2012. The series has achieved something of a cult status among its audience and still attracts an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. Idea of series derives from exploits of freedom fighters in Belgrade during World War II, and all the characters and events are fictitious.
The Written Off
1974
8.2Dealing 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)
Stories from the Workshop
1982
NRThe 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.
The Teacher
1983
9.5Milorad is a young villager grown enough to marry, but his uncle Gvozden and grandpa Paun want to arrange him a marriage with Radmila, a girl from a wealthy family. He escapes to the big town, refusing to take part in it, but his adventure with a girl named Rozika ends up and he finds himself back in his village again.
Love, Village Style
1970
NRFirst sins of early childhood, boyish adventures, excitements of the first love, imaginative mischiefs and conflicts with the world of adults… A kind of Tom Sawyer-like adventures of the two boys from a small Serbian town in the 1950s.
The Constellation of White Mulberry Tree
1989

