Janko Popović Volarić

Acting

Janko Popović Volarić

Born

1980-03-14 (46)

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Known for

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces poster
10.0

This show is located in the picturesque Oštrovac, a village on the edge of the national park. Katarina, Tomislav and Krešo will get a million euros from his grandfather - but only if they spend a year in his ruined house in Oštrovac. Otherwise, the money belongs to the locals.

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces

2014

Everything's Gonna Be Alright poster
NR

The story begins when we learn that the lives of the main characters, although quite different and seemingly unrelated, are actually intertwined on multiple levels. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, a great friendship and business partnership of Matko and Zoran rudely ended.

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

—

Volim Hrvatsku poster
NR

Two teams of famous celebrities compete in many different knowledge games about Croatia.

Volim Hrvatsku

2012

Tycoon poster
8.3

Someone shoots at Serbian tycoon Vladan Simonovic. This makes Vladan initiate a private investigation that will open up "Pandora's box" with respect to his past and will lead to conflicts linked with the future of his mighty company.

Tycoon

2020

The Best Years poster
8.0

Lorena, a modern city girl, is sent to the countryside after a sequence of unforeseen and tragic events. The sale of the family estate she inherited from her late mother in her will marks the start of her journey to Dragošje, a small village in Slavonia. She initially planned to sell the house, but she ends up staying in the village.

The Best Years

2009

Metropolitans poster
NR

A year and a half after a strong earthquake and the pandemic starting, tenants from the damaged old city center move to the outskirts of the city. Tensions rise between people irritated by their own differences and by change.

Metropolitans

2022

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

The Wedding poster
7.1

Miljenko, a successful Croatian businessman, receives the news that his company has just filed for bankruptcy. Things seem to be looking up, however, when his daughter announces not only her engagement, but also her pregnancy and upcoming nuptials. The only caveat? The love of her life is none other than the son of the Serbian prime minister.

The Wedding

2026

The Only Way Out poster
6.0

Six years after her husband, a prominent Belgrade lawyer, died in a fire, Anja Kolar receives information that makes her question everything she thought she knew about the accident and about her own family as well. At the same time the sudden death of his best friend's daughter draws police inspector Dejan Strbac into a whirlpool of crimes, starting with the mysterious disappearance of a young female lawyer, which took place six years earlier.

The Only Way Out

2021

It All Ends Here poster
8.0

Maks is a brilliant lawyer who has been serving for years one of Croatia’s most powerful and ruthless businessmen, who made his fortune in the aftermath of the Balkan War. Maks’ latest service has been to have his client declared innocent of the murder of two of his workers for acting in self-defense. But the sudden appearance of a former girlfriend triggers a crisis of conscience in Maks, leading him to confront his employer and risk his life by uncovering a dense network of corruption at the highest level involving all branches of the State.

It All Ends Here

2024

Even Pigs Go to Heaven poster
6.3

A road trip comedy about a pig that is about to lose her virginity amid a brewing war.

Even Pigs Go to Heaven

2022

Seventh Heaven poster
8.0

Too afraid to confess to his wife that he fell for another woman, a middle-aged man turns into a ticking bomb that might explode right into his face.

Seventh Heaven

2023

Good Times, Bad Times poster
8.0

Sitting in a restaurant representing the waiting room to the other world, a tired old man watches the patrons who represent him and his immediate family during the important moments of his life. Moments that have impacted him and the family, and have turned him into a man he was at the end of his life. The old man is forced to look these events in an objective way, observe them from the sidelines, as the judge and jury of a tragic life filled with regret, bitterness, and bad decisions. At a certain point, it becomes clear that the old man has actually died and is watching his own life.

Good Times, Bad Times

2023

Far Too Personal poster
4.5

The stories of three women who know each other, or get to know each other. They are brought together by friendship, a man and a little five-year-old girl. Simona rebuilds her life after she divorces and her son decides to live with his father. Natalie finds love in the form of a widower with a young daughter and a devoted grandmother. And even at retirement age, Eva discovers that her life still includes the love of a partner, not just that of her granddaughter.

Far Too Personal

2020

Žene, luđaci i malo dobrih pedera poster
NR

At the centre of the plot is the writer Robert, who got fired, got a new job, got hepatitis B, got burnt on his penis and got knocked out, became a father and godfather, slept with four women and forced a friend to commit suicide, all in just four days – without getting sober.

Žene, luđaci i malo dobrih pedera

2025

Other People's Things poster
NR

Vigo lives a life he hates. He spends all day slaving away at a warehouse, having to put up with impossible demands from his higher ups and colleagues he hates. When the workday is finally over, he has to pay the bills, deal with increasing debts and provide a somewhat normal life for his younger sister and his girlfriend, the relationship with which grows more strained and opressive as time goes on. Things change when he meets Marija, a high society college student, with whom he starts a whirlwind romance with, gaining a whole new world of possibilities in the process. But, as time goes on, his facade begins to slip away and Vigo is forced to get into increasingly deeper criminal waters to sustain his image.

Other People's Things

2026

Room 23 poster
NR

A reporter arrives in Rijeka and is placed in a hotel room numbered 23 where he also meets a mysterious roommate with a shady past. His arrival in the city coincides with the dissappearence of a famous local musical artist. His interest sufficiently piqued, he starts an amateur investigation of his own, which traps him in the inescapable clutches of the city's criminal underworld, putting the life and safety of both him and his family at risk.

Room 23

2026

This Is Not a Love Song poster
8.0

A famous film director in midlife crisis invites his fatal ex-girlfriend to a lake hotel to help him write a script based on their relationship.

This Is Not a Love Song

2025

2010s · 11 titles

Comic Sans poster
6.8

A young and successful copywriter Alan Despot, after trying in vain to renew a broken relationship with his girlfriend, goes to the island of Vis and finds himself torn between his eccentric father, another ex-girlfriend and her fiancé. New situations and circumstances help Alan to view his own life from a new perspective.

Comic Sans

2018

The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker poster
4.9

Apprentice Lapitch, the little shoemaker sets off on a journey after experiencing injustice from the cruel Master Mrkonja. On his journey he meets Gita, a beautiful little circus girl who is an orphan just like him. They share adventures and experience problems during their journey. They have nowhere to sleep, no food and are poorly clothed, but nothing scares them. They are bold and happy, willing to help everyone. On the night of the full moon something terrible happens, and changes everything...

The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker

2013

The Last Serb in Croatia poster
5.0

Croatia, seven years after bankruptcy. There is a fight going on in the world - water has become more precious than oil. In order to get hold of it, the powerful are ready to start wars, conquer, destroy, and even plant a zombie-virus. Mico, a bon viveur from Zagreb, whose daily routine includes massage parlours, restaurants and cinemas, where he watches a movie series featuring his favorite actress Franka Anic, is caught completely off guard by the zombie-epidemics. Nevertheless, he boldly embarks on an Odyssey accompanied by his movie heroine, with one highly unattainable, goal: to survive.

The Last Serb in Croatia

2019

Exorcism poster
5.0

The main focus of the story is a young girl, Maša Artuković, allegedly possessed by Satan, whose deteriorating state results in the arrival of Viktor Supilo, a priest who is to conduct the rite of exorcism upon her. The ritual is to be performed in the presence of Maša's sister Vera, a known psychiatrist Sofija and an unannounced crew of TV reporters that want to expose exorcism as a controversial and dangerous ritual that has no place in the modern Catholic Church.

Exorcism

2017

Goran poster
5.2

Goran just wants to drive his taxi and take care of his blind wife Lina. But people close to him have their own agendas and dreams which threaten his carefree existence. In the idyllic surroundings of snow-covered Gorski Kotar, the fiery personalities of the highlanders surface and collide.

Goran

2016

No artwork available
7.0

The story of a hidden war, a war between generations, war in which always children lose. Through a dramatic and picturesque tale, we discover two legends intertwining - a legend of a father and a son, and of a young girl Srna who is profoundly affected by the harshness of the world and decides to take a walk beneath the rainbow to transform into a boy. The film's message is intended for all parents: Talk to your children before it is too late.

Rainbow

2010

Extracurricular poster
7.0

The recently divorced father of a nine-year-old, furious his daughter can't spend her birthday with him, bursts into her classroom with a birthday cake and a rifle. A hostage crisis ensues, and the mayor of the town in which the events take place will try to use the situation to gain advantage ahead of the elections, stopping at nothing. The son of a young policeman is in the same class, and before the events unfold, he'll have to answer a question as well.

Extracurricular

2019

Short Circuits poster
NR

Matea is a twelve-year-old whiner who hopes her birthday party will make her more popular at school. Nera is a girl at a crossroads in life. An incident in front of a shopping mall could give her a new perspective on things. Miran is a new husband, son-in-law, and a father-to-be who is simply trying to move his things to a new apartment with the help of neighbors who start giving him a hard time. Three neighbors on the verge of a breakdown on a winter's night.

Short Circuits

2013

No artwork available
8.1

Director is working on a new film. He invites the main actor to the remote island of Vis so they can work on the script. Due to isolation they face on the island during the winter period, the two of them are unexpectedly faced with their own frustrations, which are constantly intertwined with the films plot in a strange way.

Vis-à-vis

2013

Transmania poster
NR

One film made by 15 directors, Each one, after seeing the last minute of the previous one.

Transmania

2016

Mother of Asphalt poster
5.2

An abused wife leaves her husband, takes her child away and goes to live in a car.

Mother of Asphalt

2010

Undated · 1 titles

Series credits

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces poster
10.0

This show is located in the picturesque Oštrovac, a village on the edge of the national park. Katarina, Tomislav and Krešo will get a million euros from his grandfather - but only if they spend a year in his ruined house in Oštrovac. Otherwise, the money belongs to the locals.

Whichever Way the Ball Bounces

2014

Everything's Gonna Be Alright poster
NR

The story begins when we learn that the lives of the main characters, although quite different and seemingly unrelated, are actually intertwined on multiple levels. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, a great friendship and business partnership of Matko and Zoran rudely ended.

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

—

Volim Hrvatsku poster
NR

Two teams of famous celebrities compete in many different knowledge games about Croatia.

Volim Hrvatsku

2012

Tycoon poster
8.3

Someone shoots at Serbian tycoon Vladan Simonovic. This makes Vladan initiate a private investigation that will open up "Pandora's box" with respect to his past and will lead to conflicts linked with the future of his mighty company.

Tycoon

2020

The Best Years poster
8.0

Lorena, a modern city girl, is sent to the countryside after a sequence of unforeseen and tragic events. The sale of the family estate she inherited from her late mother in her will marks the start of her journey to Dragošje, a small village in Slavonia. She initially planned to sell the house, but she ends up staying in the village.

The Best Years

2009

Metropolitans poster
NR

A year and a half after a strong earthquake and the pandemic starting, tenants from the damaged old city center move to the outskirts of the city. Tensions rise between people irritated by their own differences and by change.

Metropolitans

2022

Supertalent poster
NR

Supertalent is one of the world's most popular television formats, based on "Got Talent" by Simon Cowell and Ken Warwick. After successful seasons in several countries, including the American and British successful versions of "America's Got Talent" and "Britan's Got Talent", Croatia is giving the opportunity of their lifetime to the most talented people in the country.

Supertalent

2009

Pure Love poster
NR

Series follow a complicated love story in which main characters' love comes to a test because of Sonja's life dilemmas.

Pure Love

2017

Dancing with the Stars - Croatia poster
NR

The series follows various Croatian celebrities paired up with professional dancers competing for the win an elimination-style format.

Dancing with the Stars - Croatia

2006

Restless poster
7.0

A complicated tangle of crimes. A female police inspector accidentally uncovers the connection between the state, the service and crime. A man who tries to prove that his brother is not guilty of the murder everyone claims he committed.

Restless

2023

Balkan Inc. poster
NR

Based on the novels "Bijela jutra" (White Mornings) and "Marševski korak" (March Step) by Robert Naprta, who is also the writer of TV Series "Balkan Inc.". led by All Star Cast. The main character is a cop who browses trough the streets and city's underground where he finds himself in a series of unsolved murders, drugs, smugglers, corrupt government officials, sex, hookers and blackmail. His Name is Marko Prilika - called Cens (Chance). Even though he's a cop, he's no stranger in a world of cocaine use and hookers.

Balkan Inc.

2006

Jedini Izlaz poster
7.5

Lawyer Ana Kolar investigates the suspicious death of her husband. Inspector Strbac suspects that the death of his daughter's friend might not be a suicide. Their paths converge, but are they on the same side? And can they take the truth?

Jedini Izlaz

2021

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