Acting

Zaim Muzaferija

Born 1923-03-09

Acting credits

When Father Was Away on Business poster
7.3

In a post-WWII Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, six-year-old Malik is oblivious as to why his father, Mehmed, has suddenly disappeared. In truth, Mehmed has been sent to a labor camp as punishment for acts of sexual indiscretion involving young girls. Malik's mother, Senija, however, has no answers, and the family must cope in the father's absence.

When Father Was Away on Business

1985

Masters of the Darkness poster
NR

The protagonist is a fictional character named Adem Sokolovic, a high-ranking Party official who is one day falsely accused of undermining Yugoslavia. The plot shows how he was arrested and placed in prison where he came into conflict with the warden.

Masters of the Darkness

1990

Husino Rebellion poster
10.0

This is the true story of the miners who were seeking their rights by doing the hardest job in the world. Husinska rebellion is an armed resistance miners mine Krek against the violence of the state government during the general strike of miners Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 21 to 28 December 1920, named after the mining village Husin near Tuzla.

Husino Rebellion

1980

Doctor Mladen poster
6.4

The story begins in 1941 and shows one of the people who which were actually, very brave and proudly fought against the Ustasha, Germans and other butchers, not related to that ideology was tied. The film is about Dr. Mladen Stojanovic legend of Kozara and Krajina, great man, humanist, friend, and finally the commander one of a the proud partisan detachment, which is that area brought for a moment bring much desired freedom.

Doctor Mladen

1975

The Switchman poster
NR

A story about a train switchman, his cat Velja and friends at work. Once tidy and upright after the death of his wife, he became unfit even at his job, which he did diligently. Soft-hearted, sociable, he began to associate with a glass and a bottle.

The Switchman

1984

Dying Out of Bears poster
8.0

A satire of the corrupt society and political system of Yugoslavia, where the rulers hide their shortcomings with invisible bears, mice and other animals.

Dying Out of Bears

1983

The Brides Are Coming poster
5.3

Jelena, a woman of character, rules an inn in an isolated place in the countryside. She lives with her two sons: Martin and Jakov. Martin has been married to Kata for 5 years, but never succeeded in having a child. Jakov sleeps with his mother in postures suggesting incest, but he is in love with Kata. Each night he hears her cries, the sexual acts with her husband inevitably finish with violence. One day, Jakov can't stand anymore, he leaves, and Kata is found dead the next morning. Two characters arrive then : an old man, who turns to be the father of Martin ; he settles and declares being returned to die here. And a girl, that Martin will keep as his new wife.

The Brides Are Coming

1978

Buffet Titanic poster
5.9

Based on a short story of Ivo Andrić, famous Yugoslav Nobel Prize winner, this film is set in Sarajevo during WW2. Mento is a humble, poor Jew who runs a caffe. Stjepan is a man of unknown background, with no social or psychological dimension, who joined Nazis to leave any sort of trace behind himself.

Buffet Titanic

1979

Marital Travels poster
9.0

Professor Gerasim and assistant Tugomir are in a ski-resort where opportunity for cheating and love is around every corner.

Marital Travels

1991

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

The Magpie Strategy poster
8.0

Adventures of an idealistic old Communist whose treasured watch is stolen by a magpie but who overcomes all difficulties.

The Magpie Strategy

1987

Todora poster
NR

Tragic story of the brave woman Todora. Germans penetrated into the village. Villagers flee into the forest and a brave Todora rushes to the German tank and crosses the ball screen. Soldiers captured, and raped her. Her father Radul dispels the Germans, kills some of them and gets killed himself. Freedom arrives, Todora gives birth to son. Farmers despise the evaded, and her father intends to creates a memorial statue.

Todora

1979

The Igman March poster
5.9

The story of a forced march of the first proletarian shock brigade during World War II.

The Igman March

1983

Open Space poster
NR

Summer of 1972, a small group of fanatical Croatian nationalists, trained and equipped by extreme emigrant organizations, infiltrated the territory of former Yugoslavia with intent to organize an uprising against Tito's regime. This series, very loosely based on true events, depicts the manhunt that followed.

Open Space

1985

Byzantine Empire '88 poster
NR

A 1988 Serbo-Croatian language drama film directed by Milan Bilbija, starring Senad Bašić, Snježana Martinović and Stojan ‘Stole’ Aranđelović.

Byzantine Empire '88

1988

The Pianist poster
NR

A young pianist joins the partisans because he decides not to play for the Germans before the scheduled concert. By taking a random path, guided by his conscience, he was initially accused of being a spy. The young pianist will feel a certain uneasiness among the partisans all the time, thinking that the task of the moment is only a direct struggle with the enemy.

The Pianist

1983

The Perfect Circle poster
7.0

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.

The Perfect Circle

1997

Ann and Eve poster
3.4

The story concerns the Yugoslavian holiday of two toothsome Swedish girls. One of the girls, played by Maria Liljedahl, is (metaphorically speaking) a world-champion in the promiscuity sweepstakes, bedding men (and women) in great profusion. Somehow, the movie also manages to be about film reviewers and film directors. Variety commented '...the film's inherently good visual and physical qualities are themselves dissipated in [the director's] cynicism, ennui, and involuted intellectual mirror tricks.'

Ann and Eve

1970

Jagosh and Blacky poster
9.0

Jagoš is a former immigrant worker, and the plot depicts his trial for hitting an acquaintance with a bottle in a pub. During the trial, Jagoš recounts his time as an immigrant worker in Germany and France and his friendship with an African immigrant.

Jagosh and Blacky

1976

Children of Duke Schmidt poster
5.4

A group of WW2 orphans, now young people in their late teens, find out that one of them is a child of a war criminal. They are determined to discover his identity, even though this person could be any of them.

Children of Duke Schmidt

1967

The Feast poster
6.0

In a Serbian village on Christmas Day in 1943, the Chetniks accept two downed American pilots and give them hospitality. However, finding out that the Germans are looking for the pilots, the Chetniks change their attitude towards them.

The Feast

1967

Salt poster
7.1

Due to fighting against the Germans and the Ustashas, the partisans in central Bosnia decide to strike the salt pans, and take the much needed salt for the people and army. After serious attacks and heavy losses, they complete their mission successfully.

Salt

1973

The Letter poster
8.8

In a refugee camp in Bosnia, while a group of boys is playing ball, the one-legged Enes, accidentally breaks his crutch. His friend Ado decides to help him, as now the immobile Enes is completely dependable on others. They write a request to the United Nations asking to help them get a new crutch.

The Letter

2001

No artwork available
8.0

Yugoslavia, 1979. Jugoslav is an ambitious reporter in a state that strictly controls the media. Blagoje is a retired UDBE colonel, crippled by health problems. Their paths cross when they both go to investigate a brutal murder case in eastern Serbia. In the picturesque surroundings, Jugoslav meets Blagoje's children, his son Aljoša, a dissident hermit, and his daughter Sonja, the widow of a crime victim and a local femme fatale.

The Trail

1974