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Branko Pleša
Branko Pleša ( sr-cyr, Бранко Плеша; 6 March 1926 – 9 June 2001) was a Serbian actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1949 to 1998. Filmography References External links * 1926 births 2001 deaths Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian male film actors Laureates of the Ring of Dobrica {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiseljak
Kiseljak (Кисељак) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies in the valley of the Fojnica River, the Lepenica and the Kreševka River, which are a tributary of the Bosna, and it is on the intersection of roads from Visoko, Fojnica, Kreševo and Rakovica. Settlements Demographics 1971 18,335 total *Croats - 10,389 (56.66%) *Bosniaks - 6,822 (37.20%) *Serbs - 924 (5.03%) *Yugoslavs - 55 (0.29%) *Others - 145 (0.82%) 1991 In 1991 the population of the Kiseljak municipality (164 km2) was 24,426, of which 51.61% were Croats, 40.92% Bosniaks, 3.11% Serbs, 2.48% Yugoslavs and 1.88% others. The town itself had a population of 6,598, of which 60% Croats, 29% Bosniaks, 3% Serbs, 5% Yugoslavs and 4% others. 2013 Census Sports The town is home to the football club NK Kiseljak. Notable people * Branko Pleša, actor International relations Twin towns – Sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death And The Dervish (film)
''The Dervish and Death'' ( sh, Дервиш и смрт/Derviš i smrt) is a 1974 Yugoslav film directed by Zdravko Velimirović based on the novel of the same name by Meša Selimović. The film won Silver Arena (as second best film) and four Golden Arena awards at the 1974 Pula Film Festival, the Yugoslav national film awards festival, including Best Director (Zdravko Velimirović), Best Supporting Actor (Abdurrahman Shala), Best Cinematography ( Nenad Jovičić) and Best Production Design (Vlastimir Gavrik). It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 47th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Voja Mirić as Ahmed Nurudin (the Dervish) * Boris Dvornik as Hasan, his friend * Bata Živojinović as Muselim * Faruk Begolli as Mula Jusuf * Veljko Mandic as Kara Zaim * Olivera Katarina as Kadinica * Dragomir Felba as Hadzi Sinanudin * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the political-territorial entity of Republika Srpska. In the other entity, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbs form the majority in Drvar, Glamoč, Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac. They are frequently referred to as Bosnian Serbs ( sr, босански Срби, Bosanski Srbi) in English, regardless of whether they are from Bosnia or Herzegovina. They are also known by regional names such as ''Krajišnici'' ("frontiersmen" of Bosanska Krajina), ''Semberci'' ( Semberians), ''Bosanci'' ( Bosnians), ''Birčani'' (''Bircians''), Romanijci (''Romanijans''), ''Posavci'' (Posavians), ''Hercegovci'' (Herzegovinians). Serbs have a long and continuous history of inhabiting the present-day territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a long histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meeting Point
''The Meeting Point'' (''Sabirni centar'') is a 1989 Yugoslavian fantasy/comedy-drama film directed by Goran Marković and starring Rade Marković, Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Nikolić, Mirjana Karanović and Anica Dobra. It is based on Dušan Kovačević's play of the same title translated in the U.S. as ''The Gathering Place''. Plot An archaeological team, digging in a remote village and led by an old professor, unearths an old Roman artifact, a gravestone bearing some mysterious inscriptions. After realizing that they have stumbled upon something precious, the professor collapses with a heart attack. Seemingly dead for people around him, he finds himself in a sort of afterlife state and realizes that the stone marked a passage into the classical underworld so he starts mingling with the antique spirits of the dead. The spirits themselves appear just as silly and petty as the peasants from the village above them, and in their desire to see what happened to their descendants, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bizarre Country
''The Bizarre Country'' ( sr, italic=yes, Neka čudna zemlja, Нека чудна земља) is a 1988 former Yugoslav drama/fantasy film based on the satirical novellas ''Stradija'' and ''Danga'', written by Serbian writer Radoje Domanović. Plot A man dies in a foreign land. On his deathbed he asks his son to bury his bones in his fatherland, a country of brave and honest people, a country of tragic but heroic past. His son wanders the world unsuccessfully looking for his father's home. He eventually finds the country in which people speak in his father's language, but everything else is absurd and unbelievable and does not fit his father's stories. Cast * Lazar Ristovski as The Traveler * Jasmina Avramović as The Blackhaired Girl * Dragan Maksimović as The Painter * Enver Petrovci as The New Chief of Police * Milija Vuković as The Old Chief of Police * Milutin Butković as The Higher Clerk of the Ministry * Milenko Zablaćanski as The Guitarist * Branislav Platiša as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partisan Squadron
Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also known as ''Partisans'' Music * Partisan Records, an American independent record label * The Partisans (band), a 1980s punk and Oi! band * "The Partisan", a World War II anti-fascist song, later popularized by Leonard Cohen Other uses * Partisan (politics), a committed member of a political party * ''Partisans'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Alistair MacLean about the Yugoslav partisans * Partisan game, in combinatorial game theory * Partisans (architectural firm), an architecture firm based in Toronto * ''The Partisans'' (sculpture), in Boston See also * ''Partisan Review'', a United States political and literary quarterly * Partizan (other) * Partizani (other) Partizani may refer to: * Partizani [], a village in Dalgopol Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell River
''Hell River'', also known as ''Partisans'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Partizani, separator=" / ", Партизани) and ''The Last Guerilla'', is a 1974 Yugoslav partisan film starring Rod Taylor as a Yugoslav raised in America who returns home to fight the Germans as a Partisan in World War II. Adam West plays a German officer. The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia, and claims to be based on a true story. There are several versions, including an original three-hour cut made for Yugoslavian television, and a feature-length version for the American market. Rod Taylor was involved in rewriting and shooting some additional scenes during post production.Stephen Vagg, ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', Bear Manor Media 2010 p 179-183. Cast *Rod Taylor as Marko * Adam West as Capt. Kurt Kohler * Brioni Farrell as Anna Kleitz *Bata Živojinović as Brka *Peter Carsten as Col. Henke *Olivera Katarina as Mila *Branko Pleša as Brig. Gen. Steiger *Marinko Šebez as Sele *Janez Vrhove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master And Margaret (1972 Film)
''The Master and Margaret'' ( sh, Мајстор и Маргарита, Majstor i Margarita, it, Il maestro e Margherita), is a 1972 Italian-Yugoslav film directed by Aleksandar Petrović, loosely based on Mikhail Bulgakov's 1940 novel ''The Master and Margarita'', although it mainly focuses on the parts of the novel set in 1920s Moscow. It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, with Bata Živojinović picking up the Golden Arena for Best Actor at the 1972 Pula Film Festival, and was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast See also * List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film This is the list of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. The award i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija; sk, Juhoslávia; ro, Iugoslavia; cs, Jugoslávie; it, Iugoslavia; tr, Yugoslavya; bg, Югославия, Yugoslaviya ) was a country in Southeast Europe and Central Europe for most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the ''Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'' by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (which was formed from territories of the former Austria-Hungary) with the Kingdom of Serbia, and constituted the first union of the South Slavic people as a sovereign state, following centuries in which the region had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary. Peter I of Serbia was its first sovereign. The kingdom gained international recog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Of A Horsethief
''Romance of a Horsethief'' (french: Le roman d'un voleur de chevaux, it, Il romanzo di un ladro di cavalli, hbs, Romansa konjokradice) is a 1971 French-Italian-Yugoslav adventure film directed by Abraham Polonsky. It is loosely based on the 1917 novel with the same name by Joseph Opatoshu. Plot summary In Polish Russia, Stoloff, a Cossack in exile has gained control over a Jewish village. The villagers live by horse-thievery and under the leadership of Kifke. Stoloff's regime is tolerated until he commandeers the village's horses for the Russian army. Naomi has been away in France and gotten ideas of a revolution and inspires the town to resist. This gets Naomi into deep trouble, from which only Kifke and his compatriot Zanvil can rescue her. Zanvil is highly motivated since he is in love with Naomi. Cast *Yul Brynner as Captain Stoloff *Eli Wallach as Kifke *Jane Birkin as Naomi *Lainie Kazan as Estusha * David Opatoshu as Schloime Kradnik * Serge Gainsbourg as Sigmun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
