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The Professional (2003 Film)
''The Professional'' ( sr, Професионалац / ''Profesionalac'') is a 2003 Serbian comedy/drama film, written and directed by Dušan Kovačević and based on his 1990 play of the same name. The film enjoys cult status and is a dark comedic retrospect of the relationship between dissenters and the State Security Service under the regime of Slobodan Milošević. It was nominated for seven awards of which it received five. Plot In 2001, former professor of literature at Belgrade University, Teodor "Teja" Kraj is now a manager of a big publishing house. His workers are just about to go on strike, protesting against the privatization of the company, led by a man named Jovan. Teja satirically brushes off the workers' demands and continues to plan for a meal with his secretary and lover, Marta, to celebrate his 48th birthday. A strange man shows up at Teja's office carrying a briefcase and a large suitcase and insisting to speak with him. Teja reluctantly accepts, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ковачевић, ; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal. Biography Kovačević was born in Mrđenovac near Šabac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, graduated from Svetozar Marković Gymnasium in Novi Sad, and received a bachelor's degree in dramaturgy from the University of Belgrade in 1973. From 1973, he worked as a dramaturge at ''TV Beograd'' for five years. Since 1998, he has been the artistic director of ''Zvezdara teatar''. In 2003 he directed his first movie, ''Profesionalac'' ('' The Professional''). Kovačević's prolific work is well known and popular in Serbia. His comedies have been translated into 17 languages, but his work didn't become available in English until the mid-1990s. One of his plays, ''Balkan Spy'' was being rehearsed in Beijing at the time of Tiananmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Leninism. Born to an upper-middle-class family in Simbirsk, Lenin embraced revolutionary socialist politics following his brother's 1887 execution. Expelled from Kazan Imperial University for participating in protests against the Russian Empire's Tsarist government, he devoted the following years to a law degree. He moved to Saint Petersburg in 1893 and became a senior Marxist activist. In 1897, he was arrested for sedition and exiled to Shushenskoye in Siberia for three years, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aljoša Vučković
Aljoša Vučković ( sr-cyrl, Аљоша Вучковић; born 17 December 1946) is a retired Yugoslav actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1967. Biography He is of Croat The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Ge ... descent. Vučković has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1967. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuckovic, Aljosa 1946 births Living people Serbian male film actors Croats of Serbia People from Buzet Male actors from Belgrade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Todorović
Dana Todorović (born 2 October 1977) is a Serbian writer. Born to an American mother, Carolyn Kilkka, and Serbian father, Bora Todorović, she was educated in the US and UK. However, she now lives in Belgrade and writes primarily in Serbian. Her debut novel ''Tragična sudbina Morica Tota'' (''The Tragic Fate of Moritz Tot'') was critically acclaimed and was nominated for the Branko Ćopić Prize. It has been published in English by Istros Books. Her second novel ''Park Logovskoj'' was similarly praised and nominated for major literary awards. She has also published short stories and children's books. As a translator, she has translated plays and screenplays; she also worked for several years as an interpreter for the United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stole Novaković
Stole may refer to: __NOTOC__ Clothing * Stole (shawl), a type of shawl, particularly one made of fur * Stole (vestment), a Christian liturgical garment * Academic stole, a garment worn at formal academic events such as graduation People * Stojan Stole Aranđelović (1930–1993), Serbian film actor * Stole Dimitrievski (born 1993), Macedonian footballer * Stole Janković (1925–1987), Serbian film director and screenwriter * Stole Popov (born 1950), Macedonian film director * Ole Bjørn Støle (1950–2010), Norwegian Supreme Court justice and lawyer * Svein Støle (born 1963), Norwegian businessperson and former journalist Other uses * "Stole" (song), a 2002 song by American singer Kelly Rowland See also * Stol (other) A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a conventional fixed-wing aircraft that has short runway requirements for takeoff and landing. Many STOL-designed aircraft also feature various arrangements for use on airstrips with harsh cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Ulmanski
Renata Ulmanski ( sr-cyr, Рената Улмански: born 29 November 1929) is a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1955. Ulmanski was married to Serbian politician and writer Mirko Tepavac Mirko Tepavac ( sr-cyr, Мирко Тепавац; 13 August 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and communist activist who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Y ... (1922–2014). Naslovi.net, 1.9.2014. Selected filmography References External links * 1929 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorica Popović
Gorica Popović ( sr-cyr, Горица Поповић; born 13 August 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress. She was also a former member of the rock band Suncokret Suncokret ( sr-cyr, Сунцокрет; trans. ''Sunflower'') was a SFRY, Yugoslav acoustic rock band from Belgrade. Band history 1975 — 1980 The band was formed in 1975 by former Zajedno member Bora Đorđević (vocals and acoustic guitar), a .... Selected filmography Film References External links * 1952 births 20th-century Serbian actresses 21st-century Serbian actresses 20th-century Serbian writers 21st-century Serbian writers Living people Golden Arena winners Actors from Kragujevac Serbian actresses Yugoslav women singers Yugoslav rock singers Serbian rock singers Serbian film actresses Serbian stage actresses Serbian television actresses Serbian voice actresses Serbian screenwriters Serbian theatre directors Serbian film directors Žanka Stokić award winners [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miodrag Krstović
Miodrag "Miki" Krstović (born 10 May 1950) is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1976. Selected filmography 1976 Vrhovi Zelengore (Partizan) References External links * * 1950 births Living people Male actors from Belgrade Serbian male film actors {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josif Tatić
Josif Tatić (13 April 1946 – 8 February 2013) was a Serbian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1967 to 2011. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tatic, Josif 1946 births 2013 deaths Actors from Novi Sad Serbian male film actors Serbian male television actors 20th-century Serbian male actors 21st-century Serbian male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Jovanović (actor)
Dragan Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Драган Јовановић; born 4 October 1965) is a Serbian actor. Career Dragan graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 1990. Since 1990, he has been a permanent member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, where he has appeared in a number of performances, including ''Baal'' as Teddy, ''Calling Bird'' as the Devil and ''Theatre of Illusions'' as Adrast. With some of his colleagues he founded the theatre group The Kuguars and as a collective performed ''Let's play'', ''The funny side of history'', and ''The funny side of music.'' At Budva City Theatre he played Trinculo in '' The Tempest''. At Zvezdara theatre he played Fran in ''John's Life'', and Alex in ''The Flames of Passion''. In Madlenianum he directed the play ''Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Trotskyism. Born to a wealthy Jewish family in Yanovka (now Bereslavka, Ukraine), Trotsky embraced Marxism after moving to Mykolaiv in 1896. In 1898, he was arrested for revolutionary activities and subsequently exiled to Siberia. He escaped from Siberia in 1902 and moved to London, where he befriended Vladimir Lenin. In 1903, he sided with Julius Martov's Mensheviks against Lenin's Bolsheviks during the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party's initial organisational split. Trotsky helped organize the failed Russian Revolution of 1905, after which he was again arrested and exiled to Siberia. He once again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NATO Bombing Of Yugoslavia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999. The bombings continued until an agreement was reached that led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav armed forces from Kosovo, and the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, a UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force whereas the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil; in Yugoslavia the operation was incorrectly called Merciful Angel ( sr, Милосрдни анђео / ''Milosrdni anđeo''), possibly as a result of a misunderstanding or mistranslation.RTS"Порекло имена 'Милосрдни анђео'" ("On the origin of the name 'Merciful Angel'"), 26 March 2009 NATO's intervention was prompted by Yugoslavia's bloodshed and ethnic cleansing of Albanians, which dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
