Olivera Marković

Known for Acting

5/3/1925

Belgrade, Serbia

Biography

Olivera Marković, née Đorđević, was a Serbian actress. She appeared in 170 films and television shows between 1946 and 2005. She won the Golden Arena for Best Actress in 1964 for her role in Službeni položaj.

Known For (94 credits)

Basketball Players

2005

A drama series about a small Belgrade basketball club, the life and times of middle-aged coaches and the teenage players, their athletic and romantic struggles on and off court.

5.3

Movie

Falling in the Paradise

2004

A half-mad patriot who shot Avax from the roof of his house captures its American pilot during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. The hostage gets romantically involved with his sister while unsuccessfully trying to escape.

6.6

Movie

Small World

2003

A prominent doctor wants to commit a suicide. Two cops chose a wrong way while driving down the road. The suspected one believes that he'll never be caught. His pretty wife who works in a confectionery and she's able only to love. One boy will help them all, but he's not even born yet... Just an ordinary day.

4.0

Movie

The Cordon

2002

Yugoslavian filmmaker Goran Markovic directs the psychological drama The Cordon. Set in Belgrade over Easter weekend in 1997, the film involves a group of policemen who respond to the city's political turmoil. Due to the overthrow of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, violence and protests have erupted all over the city. Patrolling the streets in a bus driven by Uros (Ratko Tankosic), the unit consists of Crni (Dragan Petrovic), Dule (Nikola Duricko), Kole (Nebojsa Milovanovic), and Seljak (Nenad Jezdic). They are led by commanding officer Dragon (Marko Nikolic), who isn't entirely sure what to do himself. Throughout their weekend-long shift, each man battles with his own personal problems as the political tension escalates. The Cordon won the top prize at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival.

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Hunger

2002

A horror writer starts to model his stories off of real life and he's not prepared for what follows.

7.3

Movie

Frozen Stiff

2002

The basic plot revolves around drug dealer Limeni and two men, Lemi and Kiza, who are trying to transport their dead grandfather for burial, until their car breaks down and they end up struggling to get him home onboard a train. This is when these two plots intersect and all hell breaks loose.

3.5

Movie

Serbia, Year Zero

2001

Documentary that follows events after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, while looking back on the previous fifteen years, tracing his rise to power. Personal testimony alternates with analysis of a disintegrating society.

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Peasants

2001

Comedy about the life of a modern village family and many neighbors of theirs, dealing with Serbian mentality at the turn of the XXI century. Based on TV series of the same title.

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From Every Man I Loved

1999

A story about Andjela and her three lovers, inspired by Chekhov’s prose.

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Wounded Country

1999

Stories and destinies of people hidden in underground shelter during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.

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Duel for Three

1996

Divorced couple receives a farewell VHS cassette from their son who voluntarily joined military forces in Bosnia. Only then they realize whole futility of their lives.

7.4

Movie

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.