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Svetlana Bojković
Svetlana "Ceca" Bojković ( sr-cyr, Светлана "Цеца" Бојковић; born 14 December 1947) is a Serbian actress. She began her career in 1967 in the film '' Jednog dana moj Jamele'', but her greatest movie success came ten years later with the role of Mika in the social drama ''The Dog Who Loved Trains''. Bojković was one of the biggest Serbian TV stars during the 1990s, due to the roles she played in nationally popular TV series produced by screenwriter Siniša Pavić. In 1978, Bojković was awarded Golden Arena for Best Actress in the Pula Film Festival for her role in the film ''The Dog Who Loved Trains'', and in 2003 she was the first laureate of Žanka Stokić Award. (in Serbian) Biography Bojković graduated from Belgrade's Faculty of Drama Arts in 1970, and during her career played many roles in theater, as well as in the film and on the television. For the last two decades she was mostly engaged in theater Atelje 212. (in Serbian) Personal Svetlana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stara Pazova
Stara Pazova (, ; ; ) is a small town located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,522, while Stara Pazova municipality has 62,318 inhabitants (2022 census). The entrance into town from Inđija lies on 45th parallel north, it is half-way between the North Pole and the equator. Name In Serbian, the town is known as ''Stara Pazova'' (Стара Пазова), formerly also ''Pazova'' (Пазова); in Slovak as ''Stará Pazova''; in German as ''Alt-Pasua'', ''Alt-Pazua'' or ''Pazua''; and in Hungarian as ''Ópazova''. History During the Ottoman administration (16th-18th century), Pazova was populated by ethnic Serbs and was part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia. In 1718, the town became part of the Habsburg monarchy. In the 18th century (after 1760) Lutheran Slovaks settled in Pazova, and in 1791 Germans arrived here as well. The Germans lived in a separate settlement known as Nova Pazova ("New Pazova"), thus th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atelje 212
Atelje 212 ( sr-Cyrl, Атеље 212) is a theatre located in Belgrade, Serbia. Established in 1956 on the premises of the '' Borba'' building in front of 212 chairs, its opening play was the staging of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's '' Faust'' directed by Mira Trailović. History Although the theater's official inauguration took place on 12 November 1956, various plays had already been staged throughout 1956 by the same group of individuals. The most notable such staging was the summer 1956 semi-clandestine performance of Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot''—a play that had been banned in all Communist countries—in front of some forty people on a ramshackle makeshift stage in painter Mića Popović's private atelier. The concealed performance came on the heels of a ''Godot'' staging in the Belgrade Drama Theatre (BDP)—that had been prepared by theater director Vasilije Popović with Ljuba Tadić, Rade Marković, Bata Paskaljević, Mića Tomić, and among the cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bela Lađa
''Bela lađa'' (, ; ''The White Boat'') is a Serbian comedy television series broadcast from December 2006 until April 2012 on Radio Television of Serbia."Bela lađa, serija" ''RTS'' Radio-televizija Srbije. The series was produced by Radio-television of Serbia with executive production by Košutnjak film. The screenplay was written by Siniša Pavić and Mihajlo Vukobratović directed the series. The series is a loose continuation of the ''A Tight Spot'' film series. Plot The story centers on the former businessman turned politician Srećko Šojić, played by Milan Gutović, Milan Lane Gutović. With its 26.7% share of the audience (2,610,428 watchers) it was one of top ten most popular TV shows in Serbia according to AGB Nielsen Media Resea ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M(j)ešoviti Brak
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of several western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a " Proto-Sinaitic" (Bronze Age) adoption of the "water" ideogram in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value , from the Egyptian word for "water", ''nt''; the adoption as the Semitic letter for was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for "water", '' *mā(y)-''. Use in writing systems English In English, represents the voiced bilabial nasal . The Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that is sometimes a vowel, such as in words like ''spasm'' and in the suffix ''-ism''. In modern terminology, this is described as a syllabic consonant (IPA: ). M is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zona Zamfirova
''Zona Zamfirova'' ( sr-Cyrl, Зона Замфирова) is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Zdravko Šotra, produced by Miroslav Mitić. It is based on the 1906 book by Serbian author Stevan Sremac. The film contains the local vernacular of the Serbian dialect spoken in the region of Niš. According to data from 2018, it is the most watched Serbian film ever, having been seen by a total of 1.2 million people in theatre release in Serbia. The house used for the set of Zona's house is located in Pirot, and was built in 1848 by the wealthy merchant Hrista Jovanović. (see Old House, Pirot). A sequel, ''Vrati se Zone'', was released on January 24, 2017. Plot ''Zona Zamfirova'' is set in the Serbian city of Niš in the 19th century. The plot follows the story of Zona Zamfirova ( Katarina Radivojević), a local rich man's daughter, and the vicissitudes of her affair with Mane (Vojin Ćetković Vojin Ćetković ( sr-cyr, Војин Ћетковић; born 22 August 1971) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukovar, Jedna Priča
''Vukovar, jedna priča'' ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, једна прича, English: ''Vukovar: A Story'') is a Serbian war film directed by Boro Drašković. It was released in 1994. It is also known as ''Vukovar poste restante''. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film's slogan was ''Nothing is stronger than love, maybe only war!'' Plot The film takes place in 1991 in Vukovar, on the eve of the Breakup of Yugoslavia. It is a typical love story, between a Croat woman Ana ( Mirjana Joković) and a Serb man Toma ( Boris Isaković), who marry one another with the blessing of both families right before the battle of Vukovar. Their harmonious and tolerant community is brutally divided by the start of the Croatian War of Independence. Not only they but everyone around them, against their will, are brought into the craziness of war which splits them from family and friends. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žanka Stokić
Živana "Žanka" Stokić ( sr-cyr, Живана Жанка Стокић; 24 January 1887 – 21 July 1947) was a Serbian actress. Though most popular for her work in comedy, she also excelled in dramatic roles. Often referred to as the "Serbian Sarah Bernhardt" and "Great Žanka", she is considered by critics and many of her peers as the greatest Serbian actress of all time. Early life Born Živana Stokić in Veliko Gradište in eastern Serbia on 24 January 1887, her baker-turned-police-clerk father Bogosav died when Živana was still an infant. Her mother Julka then remarried—to a widower priest Aleksandar "Sanda" Nikolajević—and moved to the village of Rabrovo (Kučevo), Rabrovo (modern day municipality of Kučevo). As a result, Rabrovo had been reported as Žanka Stokić's birthplace for decades in the latter part of the 20th century until data discovered during the 1990s showed otherwise. The youngster didn’t get along with her stepfather, deciding at age 14 to run away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolji život
''Bolji život'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Бољи живот, English: ''A Better Life'') is a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. Created by the Radiotelevision Belgrade (RTB) it is considered to be the most successful TV show ever produced in Yugoslavia. Written by the , the series helped jump start cinematic careers for many of its protagonists, most notably Dragan Bjelogrlić who would go on to become successful actor, director, and producer. History ''Bolji život'' began airing on Radio Television of Belgrade on Saturday, 10 January 1987, opening with the "Ja hoću život" theme song written by , composed by Voki Kostić and sung by Dado Topić that would go on to become popular in its own right. Early into its run, the series became a massive hit all over SFR Yugoslavia. The first season's final episode that aired on 6 June 1987, featuring a bit of a cliffhanger with Giga leaving the household, brought in hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otpisani
''Otpisani'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Отписани, ) is a Yugoslav drama TV series, produced by Radio Television Belgrade and first aired in 1974. The series follows the lives of young partisans during the Second World War in occupied Belgrade. It is based the book ''Zabranjeni život'' () by Dragan Marković. A film of the same title, which follows the plotline of the first two episodes, was also shot in 1974. Due to the series' popularity, a sequel titled '' Povratak otpisanih'' () was released in 1978. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of the series eleven times. The series has a cult status among its audience in ex-Yugoslav countries and has attracted an estimated 3 million viewers with its last rerun. A digital remaster of the series premiered on RTS on 29 August 2024, on the series' 50th anniversary. Plot Upon the news that Adolf Hitler has invaded the Soviet Union, a group of members of the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čučuk Stana
Čučuk Stana ( sr-Cyrl, Чучук Стана, "Little Stana") was a Serbs, Serbian female hajduk, the second wife of Hajduk Veljko and later married the Greek fighter Giorgakis Olympios. She is also a character in Serb epic poetry. Biography She was born in 1795, in the village Sikole near Negotin, Serbia to a family of Herzegovinian migrants. She had two sisters, Stojna and Stamena and later, a much younger brother Mihailo. Before the brother grew up, being three sisters, they all wore men's clothes out of the house, because they had no adult brother to protect them. She got her nickname "Čučuk" (from Ottoman Turkish language, Turkish ''küçük'' = ''small'') due to her short stature. She finished school in Bela Crkva (Vojvodina), Bela Crkva. She met Hajduk Veljko in 1812. The two of them lived together even though he still had another, married wife, as divorce was virtually impossible to obtain at the time in an Orthodox country in serious upheaval, that Serbia was during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
