Anica Dobra

Acting

Anica Dobra

Born 1963-06-03 · Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Anica Dobra (born on June 3, 1963 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian film and theatre actress. Her acting debut occurred in the second year of studies in a short film called “Pera Panker” (1985). In 1987 she got a breakthrough role in a feature film “Život radnika”. During the same year, she received the best leading actress award at the prestigious Pula Film Festival. Prominent roles in many critically acclaimed Serbian movies followed - „Već viđeno“ (1987), “Sabirni centar” (1989), “Kako je propao rokenrol” (1989), “Crni bombarder” (1992), “Točkovi” (1998), “Klopka” (2007), “Ljubav i drugi zločini” (2008), “Neko me ipak čeka” (2009), and “Enklava” (2015). From the 1990s, Dobra appeared in over 30 international films, predominantly from German cinematography. For her first international role in “Rosamunde” (1990) she received the Bavarian Film Award for the Best Young Actress. Concurrently with her film career, Dobra has also been performing in theatre plays at Atelje 212, Zvezdara theatre and the Yugoslav drama theatre. Besides acting, she has also translated from German the folk play Der Drang by Franz Xaver Kroetz.

Acting credits

Love Scenes from Planet Earth poster
6.0

The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.

Love Scenes from Planet Earth

1998

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Herr der Wüste

2003

The Woman with a Broken Nose poster
5.2

The act of a woman with a broken nose, who suddenly jumps out of a taxi and throws herself off the bridge in Belgrade, connects the lives of three witnesses.

The Woman with a Broken Nose

2010

5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad poster
5.0

In order to find an apartment, dancer Pia pressures the straight-laced clerk Hartwig to pretend to be a prosecutor and pose as her husband. Although Hartwig is acting on behalf of his snobbish girlfriend, he agrees and falls in love with the vivacious blonde. But Pia isn’t quite ready for that yet.

5 Zimmer, Küche, Bad

1992

Cop Killer poster
5.8

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be innocent.

Cop Killer

1994

Universalove poster
4.3

UNIVERSALOVE is a global love story. Six episodes in six different places of the world are told in a symbiosis of modern story-telling and popular music. UNIVERSALOVE is an experiment - a global love story. The interwoven storylines are located in Brooklyn, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Belgrade, Marseille and Luxembourg. The laconic narrative style captures moments that set the viewer on a journey around the globe and deep into the emotional worlds of very different characters affiliated with different cultural spheres and languages.

Universalove

2008

Life of a Mutt poster
10.0

"Life of a Mutt" tells true, intimate and authentic stories from the perspective of stray dogs. Combining documentary material with hand drawn animation and voice over, we are crossing between genres and forms of documentary, fiction and animation, giving our silent heroes a voice. The inspiration comes from ancient Indian, Russian, British stories. Combining seven scenes into one life story - from birth to birth again, we witness their dignifying fight for survival, while also touching upon existential questions, such as the marginalized groups, nature and the environment, and highlighting esteemed values such as love, friendship and trust.

Life of a Mutt

2021

Spezialauftrag: Kindermädchen poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Spezialauftrag: Kindermädchen

2006

The Black Bomber poster
6.4

In a near-future Belgrade, a DJ stirs up trouble with his rocking anti-establishment broadcasts. After his station is shut down, he takes to the street and starts transmitting revolution with the police hot on his trail.

The Black Bomber

1992

Aszendent Liebe poster
5.0

The Berlin Observatory is facing the financial end. Against the will of the renowned physicist Robert von Reichenbach, the astrologer Lena Moosbach is set, which quickly establishes itself as a crowd puller and fills the empty cash registers of the planetarium. Worried about the scientific reputation of the observatory, Robert spat first poison and bile against the new colleague. But although the sober astronomer rejects horoscopes with the deepest conviction, he falls in love with the charming astrologer. However, when it turns out that she just feigned her Ph.D., Robert feels betrayed

Aszendent Liebe

2001

The House poster
NR

After a heart attack, Jovan, a retired architect of Serbian origin who spent most of his life in Germany, refuses to give into his daughter's pressure to spend the rest of his life in a nursing home. With his grandson Nikola, who has Asperger's syndrome and is living without social contacts, he travels to his homeland, a village in Serbia, to sell the family land, but becomes a part of a local population rebellion against the construction mafia that threatens to destroy everything that is left of his homeland.

The House

2026

No artwork available
8.0

Once a man of great influence and means, Ivanov has fallen into debt and out of love with his wife. Spending his evenings away from home, among the idle and morally corrupt, Ivanov finds himself drawn to Sasha, the daughter of a wealthy friend, who appears determined to save him.

Ivanov

Solitarius poster
NR

Famous director Branislav strives to navigate the emotional climax of the last day of shooting, despite the inevitable conclusion of his relationship with his wife, a world-renowned actress.

Solitarius

Am I Beautiful? poster
6.7

Between Munich and Seville, the destinies of sixteen characters intertwine and intersect, missing each other or colliding head-on. They are all, without knowing it, at a pivotal moment in their lives...

Am I Beautiful?

1998

Leberkäsjunkie poster
6.9

While dealing with a burnt-down house, smelly diapers and brutal lack of sleep, a Lower Bavarian police officer faces his worst adversary: cholesterol.

Leberkäsjunkie

2019

No artwork available
NR

Unreleased film based on the book Ostrvo Balkan by Vidosav Stevanovic about the Bosnian War and the ethnic nationalism which led to it.

Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century

1997

Mogelpackung Mann poster
8.0

Inspector Jo Held loves clear words. Ever since he was shot at during an operation, he too has had to take to the couch. Police psychologist Judith Müller immediately analyzes his potency problems and would like to cure them herself. But an intimate relationship between patient and therapist is of course strictly forbidden - isn't it?

Mogelpackung Mann

2004

Alphamann: Die Selbstmörderin poster
7.0

The blind psychologist Tom Leschek and the therapist Jessica van der Laan are after their first successful mission, a team that is again requested when a suicide wants to plunge from a skyscraper. The young woman was held captive for months in a basement prison by arms dealer Hübner as a slave. Tom tries to convince the desperate not to jump. When she flees again and shoots Hübner, she takes Tom hostage.

Alphamann: Die Selbstmörderin

1999

Enclave poster
7.2

Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.

Enclave

2015

Fox in a Hole poster
4.7

When Fuchs starts his new job as a teacher in a prison school, replacing the old and unconventional teacher Berger against her will, he is forced to confront his biggest fear, triggered by the mysterious, withdrawn inmate Samira.

Fox in a Hole

2020

Beste Feinde poster
NR

The quiet, level-headed, slightly pedantic delicatessen owner Johannes Lemann and the eternally vagabond, quick-tempered Bert Michilinski couldn't be more different. But they have more in common than they admit: They both dislike themselves and their lives. One has built a wall around himself, the other is constantly running away from himself.

Beste Feinde

2016

Der Mann, der alles kann poster
6.0

LKA officer Robert can barely do his job because of his phobia of crime scenes. The shy man's big dream is to retrain as a "profiler", but his superior would have to agree first. Hairdresser Rita dreams of a life as a writer, but no one is interested in her stories. When the two meet, it's love at first sight. And when Rita's daughter becomes involved in a murder case, the timid Robert rises above himself.

Der Mann, der alles kann

2012

Isolation poster
6.5

Jovan, a young biologist, gets a well-paying job in a forest, but when he checks the cameras he discovers a man and as time goes by the night calls, strange sounds and isolation plunge him into paranoia.

Isolation

2024

The Children of Kozara poster
NR

Based on the novel of Arsen Diklić which describes the horror’s of concentration camp Jasenovac.

The Children of Kozara

2026