Ljuba Tadić

Acting

Ljuba Tadić

Born May 31, 1929 · Uroševac, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Died October 28, 2005 · aged 76

Ljubivoje "Ljuba" Tadić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубивоје Тадић Љуба) (31 May 1929 — 28 October 2005) was a Serbian actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. He made his screen debut in 1953, but his first truly memorable role was in the 1957 film Nije bilo uzalud. In this film, like in many others, he played the villain, but he turned out to …

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Ulysses' GazeUlysses' Gaze · 1995
Ulysses' Gaze
★ 7.51995
MovieDramaHistory
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.
The Battle of SutjeskaThe Battle of Sutjeska · 1973
The Battle of Sutjeska
★ 6.61973
MovieWar
The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the encirclement and face the enemy on the plains of Sutjeska.
JovčaJovča · 1976
Jovča
1976
MovieDrama
Jovča is a respected and rich man in the 19th-century Vranje. He loves his daughter Vaska a little bit too much, so he does not let any of the suitors, even the best ones, approach her. Over time, she starts a relationship with a servant she grew up with.
The ClefThe Clef · 1991
The Clef
★ 7.01991
MovieTV MovieDrama
A 1990 Serbo-Croatian language drama film directed by Aleksandar Fotez, starring Nebojsa Bakocevic, Ljuba Tadić and Branislav Jerinić.
Impure BloodImpure Blood · 1996
Impure Blood
★ 10.01996
MovieDrama
Impure Blood (Serbian: Нечиста крв, Nečista krv) is a 1996 film adaptation of the Impure Blood novel written by Borisav Stanković. It is concerned with themes of Serbian south, in the reforming in late 19th century.
Cabaret BalkanCabaret Balkan · 1998
Cabaret Balkan
★ 7.41998
MovieDramaThriller
20 peoples paths crisscross one night in violent mid-'90s Belgrade.
Clay PigeonsClay Pigeons · 1991
Clay Pigeons
★ 7.01991
MovieTV MovieDrama
Milutin, a former powerful man in a small town, is terminally ill. Members of his family gather around his bed on the day of his baptism. It is also an opportunity to once again recall the events from the past that changed everyone's lives. At the same time, this meeting is the last chance to cross paths with that past and start a new life.
BreakdownBreakdown · 1978
Breakdown
★ 4.81978
MovieDrama
A journalist lives his smooth citizen life, married to a woman from respected family. But, conflicts with manager at work are becoming more often, his marriage is unstable and the outer manifestation of all this is a strange skin disease. Doctors recommend resting in nature and self-examination. In the mountains, in a lonely house near the lake, he meets a woman, also unadjusted and lonely. The consequences of this encounter are beneficial. Capable to love again, he gets his moral strength, and disease retreats. He breaks off his contacts with his wife's family and with "petit bourgeois" of his former life, confronts his boss and wins, realizing that this is only a first victory which has straightened him up.

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The CoachThe Coach · 1978
The Coach
★ 7.01978
MovieDrama
A man from a small place has become a coach of the biggest club in the country. He's coming back to his home town to buy a talented striker from a local club. A new striker immediately becomes a star in the big club. But a conflict between coach on one side and striker and manager of the club on the other occurs and results in coach leaving the club. He then becomes a coach of a big German club and in international competition has a match against his former club. In first game in Munich his former club wins which puts him in danger of losing position of coach in new club. But in the second game his team wins in Belgrade and goes trough. He once again goes to his home town and in the graveyard, at the tomb of his father, who died in war fighting Germans, asks himself what happened so he's now fighting for the Germans against a club from his own country.

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