Zijah Sokolović

Zijah Sokolović

Nacimiento : 1950-12-22, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zijah Sokolović (born 1950, Sarajevo) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director who lives, acts and directs in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. Currently, he is a director of Theaterland in Salzburg, professor in Bruckner Konservatorium in Linz, artistic director of theater festival Dežela gledališča in Ljubljana and artistic project leader for Dramatic society, Dramatično društvo, but also directs plays in Zagreb. His famous monodrama “Glumac je... glumac... je glumac” has been played in twenty different countries around the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zijah Sokolović, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Zijah Sokolović

Películas

Generation of 71
Major
In the start of the breakup of Yugoslavia, in spring 1991, there is a group of young conscripted soldiers in a remote military outpost. Their army and country are falling apart and the war is starting nearby. Friends are facing a decision of their lives: should they stay or run?
Motel Nana
Hazim
Tras abofetear a un alumno, un profesor de instituto de Belgrado, apasionado por la historia de Esparta y los espartanos, es suspendido. Mientras dura su suspensión, se traslada a la República Srpska, una entidad que forma parte de Bosnia y Herzegovina, a pesar de ser de mayoría serbia. Un lugar donde las tensiones no se olvidan entre los bosniacos y los serbios. Una vez llegado, se dará cuenta de lo diferente y personal que puede resultar la historia real de la que se aprende en los libros de texto.
Jasmina
Stipe
Asthmatic grandmother named Safa and her six-month baby granddaughter Jasmina, are transferred in a humanitarian convoy from the besieged Sarajevo to a peaceful small city at the Adriatic coast. By a combination of circumstances, their first neighbour is an alcoholic named Stipe. He is constantly causing troubles and making their lives complicated. During one of her asthma attacks, having no other choices, Safa rings Stipe's bell and hands him the baby. Stipe starts to temporarily take care about baby Jasmina. Safa dies at the hospital and now Stipe is left alone with the baby. He's clumsy, even funny. She becomes his only mission in life. He is not ready to give Jasmina away to anyone. He loved her as if his own granddaughter even daughter. Suddenly someone is at the door. Stipe recognises Jasmina's mother. In spite of all his internal struggles, he returns Jasmina to her mother. Stipe stays alone, again.
The Abandoned
Muamer
Alen es un chico de 13 años, interno en un orfanato de Sarajevo. Sus padres, periodistas extranjeros, se conocieron durante la guerra de Bosnia, abandonándolo. Su sueño es ahorrar dinero, escapar del centro e ir a buscar a su madre, pero no tiene acceso al archivo para saber el paradero de su madre francesa. Su única esperanza es Sento, un tendero del barrio que utiliza a los niños del centro para robar y traficar.
An Early Frost
Dr. Vladimir
An Early Frost (Serbian: Kao Rani Mraz) is a Serbian movie. Movie is dramatization of a story of Vasa Ladački, inspired by the famous Balašević song.
Obituary for Escobar
Anđeo
Serbian crime drama focusing on Belgrade's violent criminal underworld. Obituary For Escobar distinguishes itself from other recent crime dramas with its strong visual style and energetic approach. Borko was a young effeminate boy bullied at school by the self-styled 'Ghandi'. Years on, Ghandi is now a warlord, wrecking mayhem in pursuit of his ambition to become the leading drug lord in the Balkans. His execution of the rival 'Serbian Escobar' coincides with the mysterious placement of an obituary for the real Escobar by two stoners. In Ghandi's pursuit of the assailants he meets Lela, a stunning mystery woman who leads Ghandi to reconsider both "Borko" and his life in crime.
The Melon Route
Pauk
The journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
Bare Ground
Ostoja
The story takes place in a dilapidated building in the blocks of New Belgrade, whose tenants constantly fight and do bad things to one another. In the same building lives a quiet and young married couple, who are completely different from their environment.
The Horseman
Luda
The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues relating to the region's native Croats as they struggle between to live between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam.
Remake
Mirsad Alihodžić
This film follows father Ahmed and son Tarik Karaga during WWII and the Siege of Sarajevo.
Outsider
Haris Mulahasanović
A teenager, son of an army officer moves with his family to Ljubljana in the fall of 1979. In the new surroundings, he'll fall in love, make friends and discover the world of punk rock. The latter will put him into the troubles with his strict father.
Silent Gunpowder
Silent Gunpowder (Serbo-Croatian: Gluvi barut) is a Yugoslavian war film Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander Španac and a former Royal Army officer Radekić. Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new, Communist, ideology and so the main plot axis is the conflict between them. At the 1990 Pula Film Festival, the film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, as well as the awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Branislav Lečić), Best Film Score (Goran Bregović). The film was also shown at the 1991 Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.
Carnival, Angel and Dust
Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them.
The Man Who Could Tell North from the South
Trgovac
The plot takes place in pre-war Yugoslavia, and the protagonist, interpreted by Zvonko Lepetic, is Jefto, a prison guard who lives with his family as a tenant in a basement. The plot shows how, convinced that he is destined for great things, he betrays his family, a friend and subordinates everything to his vanity.
Forces in the Air
Čovek u taksiju
Mile is a cab driver who lives a life for which he himself sometimes does not know where he is headed. On one hand, he has a ten year old relationship with a woman he fools into marrying her, and on the other he has a wife and an adult son with whom he constantly comes into conflict. When Mile's wife realizes what life is like, things take another direction.
The Forgotten
Mladoženja
The story about two boys and a girl escape from a home for abandoned children for a wild weekend. TV series (11 episodes) with the same name and same story was released 1988.
The Last Switchman of the Narrow Gauge Railway
Srećko Zec
The abolishment of a railway station in a remote Bosnian village affects the lives of the local railwaymen.
Heads or Tails
Kokan
A village fella tries to make it big in the city.
The Igman March
Mustafa
The story of a forced march of the first proletarian shock brigade during World War II.
Body Scent
Pančov brat
Due to misunderstanding and hard life, a man divorces his wife and leaves the city. He comes to a new environment, meeting new people and new wife. Crucified between two worlds, he does everything to bring her two sons on the right track, and getting on with his own life. Lost in that space, powerless to change things significantly, he commits murder.
Endeavor
Sekretar Balta
A story about a painter, an unconventional university professor, who has to deal with being haunted by his trouble past during the 2nd World War, while at the same time trying to cope with his university colleagues plotting against him.
Two Halves of a Heart
Sudija
A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.
Scent of Quinces
Huso Mujagin
Thanks to his friendliness towards Nazis, Sarajevo businessman gets more and more rich during WW2. However, his infatuation towards the Jewish girl causes his downfall.
103
Mirko
Tomislav es un antiguo partisano que continua su lucha después de la guerra como un entregado miembro de la policía secreta de Tito. Conoce y se enamora de una bailarina de ballet de una familia burguesa. Su historia de amor con una enemiga de clase y su lenta adaptación a las realidades de la posguerra pueden sellar su destino.
Buffet Titanic
Zike
Based on a short story of Ivo Andrić, famous Yugoslav Nobel Prize winner, this film is set in Sarajevo during WW2. Mento is a humble, poor Jew who runs a caffe. Stjepan is a man of unknown background, with no social or psychological dimension, who joined Nazis to leave any sort of trace behind himself.