
Acting
Vlastimir Velisavljević
Born 1926-07-28 · Belgrade, Serbia
Acting credits
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
6.6In 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
6.0A local bar/restaurant run by a feuding husband and wife find themselves and their business threatened by a not so bright group of extortionists. With the help of their patrons who wish to preserve their quiet mode of patronage and a motor cycle riding stranger, they take the fight directly back to the villains with some non conventional approaches.
It Will Be Better
1994
NRZeko, a barber and ex-soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, invites his brother Braco and his friend Švabo to Eid festivities. He intends to take advantage of the festive mood and ask his brother, a gambler and alcoholic, to change his ways. Braco doesn’t want to listen and will not take the conversation seriously. Zeko puts a razor under his brother’s neck, forcing him to promise he will change; furious, Braco leaves, telling Zeko he will never see him again, while Švabo suggests that Zeko see a psychiatrist. Alone, without his only friend and his brother, Zeko decides to kill himself – until Muki, a young man selling books door-to-door, stops him.
The Frog
2017
7.4Spasoje and Cole are cute and silly boys who constantly find themselves in risky situations. They work in a morgue. One night they heard mobile phone that rings in your pocket just dead guy. Of course, they can not resist, and answer the call. On the other side man voice ordered them to go to a specific address and get some money. Cole and Spasoje don't reject easy profit...
A Little Night Music
2002
6.4An adaptation of a well-known novel by Hungarian writer Lajos Zilahy.
Mortal Spring
1973
While scouting locations for a shoot in Belgrade, Jelena, a young director makes up a story about Marija, a professor of political theory, whose dying father has revealed to her some medical files that could be of interest to several intelligence services. Marija has affection for Marko, a student - until she realizes that he had gotten close to her in order to learn her father's secrets. Marko explains that her father took part in Medical experiments in Africa, which led to deaths of many people in the Congo. Marija has no way of checking whether these allegations are true, because her father dies. She is faced with a dilemma: should she give her father's files to Marko or sell them to foreign intelligence services.
State
2013
6.8This 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
10.0The TV movie "Escape" shows the agony of "white" officers, soldiers and citizens who fled before the October Revolution, pursued by the power of the Red Army, but also by the blood of their own crimes. Composed in several "pictures", it is a kind of ballad about madness and despair, the battle for bare life, but also an elegy about exile, crime and punishment.
The Flight
1968
5.0A father-to-be faces "the temple of order" which he dislikes - by going shopping in a hypermarket.
Fate
2014
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
NRWhat happens when you find documents and compromising feminine items belonging to an unknown young woman in a taxi on New Year's Day, and you forget to inform your wife about it?
A New Year's Tale
1988
9.0A TV biopic about the life of Milena Jesenská (1896-1944), a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator.
Milena from Prague
1994
NRA pre-war communist, who did not participate in the war, is included in the post-war society as a printing company manager. Haunted by the feeling of guilt, and needing to prove himself, he makes one mistake after another...
Merits
1973
5.2A simple story of an ex-convict who comes home after 10 years, only to find two squatters in the form of a woman and her autistic daughter. Though Lazar initially plans to kick out Jasna and Jovana, he changes his mind after seeing the squalid conditions of the shelter they are to move into. It is an allegory of the Balkan wars. When first released in Serbia, it caused some public outrage because of the sharp criticism of Serbia's role in the war.
Midwinter Night's Dream
2004
7.4A group of kids from the Bosnian village often run away from school from the terror of Pepper, a teacher who got his nickname because of his red nose. Soon they formed a brigand division, but have been discovered and caught. The sudden arrival of year 1941 turns their game into reality.
Eagles Fly Early
1966
7.0The plot follows two elderly convicts who return home after serving a multi-year sentence and face the challenges of life at large.
Thief's Comeback
1975
5.8After car crash with some Turk, Pantic gets the idea to build a motel for all Turks who traveling through Yugoslavia. Sojic wants to thwart the plan, and tells the Turk in confidence that Pantic is gay. However, the Turk is also gay.
Tight Skin 2
1987
10.0The father of young boy discovers his wife's secret after a minor injury his son sustained, which showed him having a different blood group than that of his parents.
Ivan
1996
8.0In 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
3.5Set five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a state of emergency exists and politicians are accused of capitalising on public anxiety around Covid-19, which makes the shocking situation that reunites the characters significantly more extreme. The story centres on Ksenija (newcomer Mina Nikolic), a driven young woman striving to move from tabloid hack to a career journalist in a world of click-bait headlines and showbiz scandals cooked up to feed the masses. Ksenija's personal and professional journey is hampered when Vera tests positive for Coronavirus and Ksenija must question how far she will bend to survive in a climate where political pressure is increasingly overt and can be said to capitalise on fear during the pandemic.
Next to You
2023
6.7In 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 irrational fear within him, he eventually finds the road to his faith.
The Knife
1999
10.0A young professor Vladimir wants to write a book in peace far from big city life, but finds a different reality. His ambition drowns in the lethargy of a provincial tavern, as he plays an endless card game of preference.
Third for the Preference
1975
6.1A half-mad patriot who shot Avax from the roof of his house captures its American pilot during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. The hostage gets romantically involved with his sister while unsuccessfully trying to escape.
Falling in the Paradise
2004