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Strangler Vs. Strangler
''Strangler vs. Strangler'' ( sh, Davitelj protiv davitelja) is a 1984 Yugoslav Serbian film featuring elements of comedy, thriller and horror genres. Plot In the mid-1980s Belgrade finally gets its first serial killer: an awkward carnations seller named Pera Mitić (Taško Načić). Mitić is an overweight 48-year-old man who is in an Oedipus kind of way connected to his aging mother. His mother often punishes him when he does not sell any of the carnation flowers. His punishments include kneeling on nutshells while being slapped by his mother or being locked in the water tank. This is the reason why he starts killing every girl who refuses to buy his flowers. Mitić's character can be compared to Norman Bates's character and relationship with his mother. After the first murder, mostly incompetent inspector Ognjen Strahinjić ( Nikola Simić) starts the investigation. His attempt to catch the strangler by employing an undercover agent, Rodoljub Jovanović (Branislav Zerems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Šijan
Slobodan Šijan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Шијан, ; born November 16, 1946) is a Serbian film director. Biography Šijan was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater Faculty of Dramatic Arts in 1970. He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s. From 1976 to 1979, he published a series of fanzines which according to him were made "out of frustration" in between his experimentation and attempts to break into professional cinema. His first full-length feature ''Ko to tamo peva'', directed in collaboration with writer Dušan Kovačević and cinematographer Božidar Nikolić, was released in 1980 and became a box-office hit. 1982's ''Maratonci trče počasni krug'', also achieved considerable commercial success. Over the coming years Šijan directed two more notable films - '' Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota'' and ''Davitelj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Bates
Norman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch as the main antagonist in his 1959 thriller novel '' Psycho''. He has an alter, Mother, who takes from the form of his abusive mother, and later victim, Norma, who in his daily life runs the Bates Motel. He was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in the 1960 version of ''Psycho'' directed by Alfred Hitchcock and in the ''Psycho'' franchise. He was also portrayed by Vince Vaughn in the 1998 version of ''Psycho'', and by Freddie Highmore in the television series '' Bates Motel'' (2013–2017). Unlike the franchise produced by Universal Studios, Norman is not the principal antagonist in Bloch's subsequent novels and is succeeded by copycat killers who assume Norman's identity after his death in '' Psycho II'' (1982), although he does return in the licensed continuation novel ''Psycho: Sanitarium'' (2016) by Chet Williamson, and the comic book series ''Son of Psycho'' (2021). There is a wide-ranging assu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragana Ćirić
Dragana may refer to: *Dragana (given name) Dragana () is a Slavic given name for females. It is the feminine form of the male name Dragan, which comes from the Slavic languages, Slavic element ''dorogo/drago'', which means "precious". Notable women named Dragana include: *Dragana Cvijić ..., a female given name * Dragana, Bulgaria, a village in Ugarchin Municipality {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branislav Zeremski
Branislav () is a Czech, Croatian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene and Ukrainian given name. It also appears in Polish as Bronisław, in Russian as ''Bronislav,'' and Ukrainian as ''Boronyslav.'' The name is derived from the Slavic elements braniti, or broni-ti (''to protect'' in infinitive), that is brani (''that who protects'') and slav-a (''glory'') and means "warrior", "defender of the glory". In some contexts, the anagrams Barnislav and Nabrislav (Nabriša) is used. Nicknames Branko, Branio, Broněk, Broniek, Slávek, Slavo, Bane, Brane, Braňo, Braniša. Branislav in other languages *Belarusian: ''Браніслаў / Branisłaŭ (Branislaw)'' *Czech: ''Bronislav'' or ''Branislav'' *Croatian: ''Branislav'' *Lithuanian: ''Bronislovas'' *Polish: ''Bronisław'' *Russian: ''Бронислав (Bronislav)'' *Serbian: ''Бранислав / Branislav'', ''Бранисав / Branisav'' or ''Бранко / Branko'' *Slovak: ''Branislav'' or ''Braňo'' *Slovenian: ''Brane'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Živojin Milenković
Živojin "Žika" Milenković ( sr-cyr, Живојин "Жика" Миленковић: 26 January 1928 - 18 March 2008) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1959 to 2004. Selected filmography References External links * 1928 births 2008 deaths Actors from Niš Serbian male film actors {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavle Minčić
Pavle ( Macedonian and sr-cyr, Павле; ka, პავლე) is a Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Georgian male given name corresponding to English Paul; the name is of biblical origin (cf. Saint Paul). People known mononymously as Pavle include: * Pavle I, Serbian Patriarch (c. 1526–1541), Serbian Orthodox bishop * Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914–2009), Serbian Orthodox Patriarch People with this name include: * Pavle Abramidze (1901–1989), Georgian Soviet general * Pavle Dešpalj (born 1934), Croatian composer and conductor * Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945), Montenegrin Serb Chetnik army commander * Pavle Gregorić (1892–1989), Croatian communist politician * Pavle Ingorokva (1893–1983), Georgian historian * Pavle Ivić (1924–1999), Serbian linguist * Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (1859–1957), Serbian painter * Pavle Jurina (1954–2011), Croatian handball player * Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), Croatian politician and writer * Pavle Karađorđević (1893–1976), Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Baxa
María Baxa (born Marija Baksa, sr-cyr, Марија Бакса, translit=; 15 April 1946 – 14 November 2019) was an Italian-Serbian film actress, mainly active in Italian cinema. Born in Osijek, Baxa made her film debut in Branko Čelović's ''Bokseri idu u raj'', then moved to Italy where she became a popular starlet in Italian genre cinema, especially in ''commedia sexy all'italiana The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...'' (sex comedies). In the late 1980s, Baxa left showbusiness to be an architect. Filmography References External links * 1946 births 2019 deaths Serbian film actresses Italian film actresses People from Osijek Yugoslav expatriates in Italy {{Serbia-actor-stub Serbs of Croatia Italian people of Serbian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radmila Savićević
Radmila Savićević ( sr-Cyrl, Радмила Савићевић; 8 February 1926 - 8 November 2001) was a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1961 to 2000. Selected filmography References External links * 1926 births 2001 deaths Actors from Kruševac Serbian film actresses {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahela Ferari
Bella Rochel Fraynd (; 27 August 1911 – 12 February 1994), known as Rahela Ferari (), was a Serbian actress who appeared in more than ninety films from 1951 to 1993. She was of Ashkenazi (Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...) origin. Selected filmography References External links * 1911 births 1994 deaths People from Zemun Actresses from Belgrade Serbian film actresses Serbian Ashkenazi Jews Yugoslav film actresses Laureates of the Ring of Dobrica {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movement (music), movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), Brass instrument, brass, Woodwind instrument, woodwind, and Percussion instrument, percussion Musical instrument, instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a Full score, musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIS Simboli
VIS Simboli are a fictional band from the Yugoslavian film '' Strangler vs. Strangler''. Fictional history The band was formed by Spiridon Kopicl (played by Srđan Šaper, at the time of the film recording member of the band Idoli, which was also known as VIS Idoli) and recorded only one song, "Bejbi, bejbi", inspired by the experience of Kopicl after seeing a television report on a victim of the Belgrade Strangler. Initially, the song only featured the lyrics "Bejbi, bejbi, hoću da te davim" ("Baby, baby, I want to strangle you") repeated for several times. However, encouraged by the previous experience with the Belgrade Strangler, Kopicl tried to live the role of the strangler, moving around Belgrade streets and eventually expanding the song lyrics. "Beogradski davitelj" became a nationwide hit and was broadcast on the popular music radio show host by Sofija Mačkić (Sonja Savić). Kopicl had a live radio interview on the show and announced the date of the first live appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiridon Kopicl
''Strangler vs. Strangler'' ( sh, Davitelj protiv davitelja) is a 1984 Yugoslav Serbian film featuring elements of comedy, thriller and horror genres. Plot In the mid-1980s Belgrade finally gets its first serial killer: an awkward carnations seller named Pera Mitić (Taško Načić). Mitić is an overweight 48-year-old man who is in an Oedipus kind of way connected to his aging mother. His mother often punishes him when he does not sell any of the carnation flowers. His punishments include kneeling on nutshells while being slapped by his mother or being locked in the water tank. This is the reason why he starts killing every girl who refuses to buy his flowers. Mitić's character can be compared to Norman Bates's character and relationship with his mother. After the first murder, mostly incompetent inspector Ognjen Strahinjić ( Nikola Simić) starts the investigation. His attempt to catch the strangler by employing an undercover agent, Rodoljub Jovanović (Branislav Zeremski) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
